.5. CIJJCtODES. 21 



ferruginous, except the outer pair, which are wholly ferruginous : 

 beneath dirty white, slightly edged with darker colour on the breast, 

 and tinged with rufous on the flanks and belly ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length To inches, wing 3-4, tail 3-1. Female similar. 



Hub. Bolivia, "Western Argentina, and Patagonia. 



The straighter bill distinguishes this species from all the others, 

 as also the colour of the tail, the lateral rectrices being more or less 

 black on the inner webs. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Mendoza ( Weisshaupt). Sclater Coll. 



b. cJad.sk. Mendoza. Salvin-GodmanColL 



c. $ ad. sL Pampas of the Argentine Rep. Salvin-Godman ColL 



(Leyhold). 



d. Ad. sk. Lagima Colguapa, Patagonia, H. Dumford [C.]. 



Nov. 20, 1877. 



e. Ad.sk. Bolivia (?). Sclater Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Bolivia (?). T. Bridges [C.]. 



g. Ad. sk. S. America. Purchased- 



5. CINCLODES. ,j^^ 



Cinclodes, G. R. Gray, List Gen. B. p. 16 (1840") C. patagonicus. 



Cillurus, Cab. in Tsch. F. P., Aves, p. 235 (1844) C. patagonicua. 



Cinclodes comes close to UpucertMa, and is iu fact hardly separable, 

 but the bill is much shorter and nearly straight. It consists of a 

 group of six species, which in the north are contined to the higher 

 elevations in the Andes, but descend to the sea-level in Chili and 

 Patagonia. 



Key to the ^^J€f?Vs. 



A. Under surface not all white. 



a. Basal bar on the secondaries more or less 

 cinnamomeous. 

 a'. Breast dark ashy, with white shaft- 

 stripes. 



j Larger ; darker 1. nigrofumosus, p. 21. 



j Smaller ; lighter 2. patagonicus, p. 22. 



h' . Breast whitish, more or less striated . . 3. fuscus, p. 23. 



c'. Breast uniform dark brown 4. antarcticus, p. 25. 



h. Basal bar on secondaries white 5. bifasciatus, p. 25. 



B. Under surface all white 6. paUiatus, p. 26. 



1. Cinclodes nigrifumosus. 



Upucerthia nigrofumosa, (TOrb. et Lafr. Sxjn. Av. ii. p. 23 ; 3!0rb. 



Vol/. Ois. p. 372, pi. 57. f. 2; Gay, Faun. ChiL, Aves, p. 283. 

 Cinclodes nigrofumosus, Bp. Consp.i. p. 214; Scl. Cat. ^. ^. p. 148 ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 324 ( Chili) ; Scl. et Sak. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 985, 



et 1868, p. 569 (Peru), 1879, p. 619 (Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl. 



p. 62; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 424 (Peru); Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. 



p. 110. 



