76 DENDROCOLAPTID.TS. 



p. 141 (rep. Arg.); "f/. Nometicl. •^. 6i ; Sternh. J. f. 0. 18G9, 

 p. 205 (Buenos Ayres) ; Dunif. Ibis, 1877, p. 181 (Buenos Ayres) ; 

 White, P. Z. S. "1882, p. 612 (rep. Arg.) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 281 (Uruguay) ; Scl. et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 189. 

 Sphenopyga anumbi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 29. 



Aboye earthy bro^vn, forehead chestnut, superciliaries white; 

 head, neck, and back marked with black striations ; primaries 

 blackish, secondaries pale chestnut-brown ; tail black, all the 

 feathers except the middle pair broadly tipped with cream-colour : 

 beneath pale ochraccous brown, white on the throat, the white 

 bordered on each side by numerous small black spots ; bill and feet 

 pale horn-colour : whole length S"3 inches, wing 3-6, tail 3-7. 

 Female similar. 



Hab. Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. 



a. Ad. sk. Maldonado, Uruguay {Darwin). Zool. Soc. Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Maldonado. Burnett & Fitzroy 



[P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Uruguay. Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Uruguay. Alan Peel [0.]. 



e. Ad. sk. San Martin, Buenos Ayres. H. Durnford [0.]. 

 /. S ad. sk. Pacheco, Buenos Ayres ( White). Sclater Coll. 



q. Ad. sk. Punta Lara, Buenos Ayres. H. Durnford [C.]. 



'h. 2 ad. ; i. Ad. Lujan Riyer, Buenos Ayres. H. Durnford [C.]. 



sk. 



j c? ad. sk. Floras, Buenos Ayres (IFMe), Salyin-Godman Coll, 



'k. Ad. sk. La Plata. Bravard [C.]. 



I. Ad. sk. Parana, Arg. Rep. (Burmeiste?-). Sclater Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Parana, Arg. Rep. (Burmeister). Salyin-Godman Coll. 



71. 5 ad. sk, San Tome, Corrientes, Arg, Rep. Salyin-Godman Coll. 



(TT7«Ve). 



0. Ad. sk. Chupat, Patagonia. H. Durnford [C.]. 



19. LIMNOPHYES. ^^p^ 



Limnophyes, Scl. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 34 L. curvirostris. 



The type of Limnorais being L. rectirostris, I have placed the 

 present bird, which, although approximating to the former in general 

 structure, is at once recognizable by its long incurved bill, under a 

 separate generic title. Limnophyes is a true Eeed-bird {cf. Arg. 

 Orn. i. p. 191), and inhabits the marshes of Uruguay and Argentina. 

 It has strong feet, short wings, and a short rounded tail, 



1. Limnophyes curvirostris. 



Limnomis curvirostris, Gould, Zool. Vog. ' Beagle,'' iii. p. 81, t. 25 

 Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 141 (rep. Arg.) ; iid. Nomencl. 

 p. 64 ; Burm. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 6:36 (rep. Arg.) ; Dtirnf. Ibis, 

 1877, p. 182 (Buenos Ayres) ; Scl. et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 191. 



Limnophyes curvirostris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 34. 



Above rufous-brown, brighter on the rump ; lores and super- 

 ciliaries white ; wings and tail chestnut-brown : beneath white ; 



