16 BF.NDROOOI.APTITI.'R. 



Above bright eianamon-browii ; cap dark earthy brown, supcr- 

 ciliaries ^yhite ; wings blackish, with a broad transverse bar of pale 

 cinnamon on the inner webs : beneath white, with a pale cinnamo- 

 meous tinge except on the throat and middle of the bellj^ : whole 

 length 7 inches, wing 3-9, tail 2-5. Female similar. 



Hah. Western Ecuador and Western Peru. 



The large size and long bill render this western species of Fur- 

 nariitx easily recognizable. 



fl. AJ. St. ( niayaquil, Kcuador. G. Barclay [C.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Guayaquil, Ecuador. G. Barclay TO.]. 



c, d. cT ? ad. sk. Bab;ihoyo, Ecuador {Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



e, f. Ad. sk. Chiguinda, Ecuador (iiMcA-/!"//). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



5?'. "Ad. sk. Balzar Mts., Ecuador {Illing- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



icorth). 



h. Ad. sk. Santa Rita, Ecuador ( Villa- Salviu-Godnian Coll. 



(jomez) . 



i. Ad.sk. Ecuador (i?McA-%>. Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



/ Ad. sk. Tumbez, Western Peru Sclater Coll. 



{Jeltiki). 



A;, c? ad. sk. Cbilate, Peru (0;-/o?i). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Payta, Peru (Markham). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i», » Ad. sk. N.W. coast of S. America. Capt. Kellett and Lt. 



Wood [P.]. 



o. Ad. St. S.America. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



4. UPUCERTHIA*. 



Upucerthia, Geoffr. St.-Hil. N. Ann. d. Mus. i. p. 393 Type. 



(1832) U. dumetoria. 



Ochetorhvuchus, Mei)er, Act. Ac. L. ('. xvi. Suppl. 



p. 80 (1832) ". U. ruficauda. 



Coprotretis, Cab. et Hein. Mies. Hein. ii. p. 24 (1859) . U. dumetoria. 



I am acquainted with about eight species of this genus, all of 

 moderate size and somewhat uniform brown plumage, but varying 

 much in the length and curvature of the bill. They are inhabitants 

 of the sterile regions of the higher Andes in the north, but descend 

 to the sea-level in Chili and Patagonia. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Bill longer than the head, much incurved, 



compressed. 



a. Breast striated. 



( Larger : breast clearly striated 1. dumetoria, p. 17. 



j Smaller : breast obsoletely striated .... 2. jelskii, p. 18. 



b. Breast not striated 3. milidirostris, p. 18. 



B. Bill not longer than head, slightly incurved. 



e. Tail earthy brown, with lighter edgings .... 4. excelsior, p. 18. 



* Kefer also to : — 



Upucerthia pallida, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 71 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 107 

 (Peru). 



