6. HYr.ACTEs. 349 



1. Hylactes tarnii. 



Ilvlactes taruii, Kin(/, P. Z. S. 1830-1, p. 15 (Str. of Magellan); 



X'ah. et Hein. Mm. Iletn. ii. p. :>] ; 8cl. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 325, 



338 (Chili) ; id. Ihis, 1874, p. 202 ; M. et Salv. Ex. Orn. p. 58 ; 



iid Ibis, 1869, p. 283 (Str. of Magellan) ; iid. Nomend. p. 77. 

 Leptouyx tarnii, d'Orb. Voy., Ois. p. 198. 

 Pteroptochus tarnii, Dane. Zool. Voy. ' Beayle,^ ni. -p. 70 ; Bridges, 



P. Z. -S. 1843, p. Ill (Chili); Gay, Faun. Chil. i. p. 304; Phil. 



An. Univ. Chil. xxxi. p. 254. 

 Megalouyx ruficeps, d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. Av. i. p. 15; d'Orb. Toy., 



Ois. pi. viii. fig. 1. 



Above dark olive-brown, cap and rump chcstuut-red : beneath 

 dark olive-brown ; abdomen chestnut, with slight bhickish bars on 

 belly and crissuin ; bill and feet daik horn-colour : whole length 

 9 inches, wing 4, tail 3-5. Female similar. 



Hab. Soutlicrn Chili and Western Patagonia. 

 a. Ad. St. Chili. C. Darwin [C.]. 



2. Hylactes castaneus. 



Pteroptochus castaneus, Phil, et Landb. Wiegm. Arch. 1865, pt. i. 



p. 56, et 1866, pt. i. p. 121 ; Phil. An. Univ. Chil. xxxi. p. 254 ; 



8cl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. o25 (Chih). 

 Hylactes castaneus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 325, 338 (Chili) ; id. Ibis, 



"1874, p. 203 (Chili) ; Scl. et Salv. Rv. Orn. p. 57, t. xxix. ; iid. 



Numencl. p. 77. 

 Pteroptochus tarnii, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 170 (err.). 



Above olivaceous with a cinereous tinge ; wings externallj' rufes- 

 cent with slight apical fulvous spots on the greater wing-coverts and 

 outer secondaries ; feathers of rump thick and elongated, slightly 

 barred with black with light fulvous ends ; tail dark olivaceous 

 brown ; front, eyebrows, and body beneath down to the middle 

 of the belly chestnut-red : lower belly, flanks, and crissum dark 

 cinereous, crossed with black concentric bands which are broadly 

 edged with castaneous ; bill and feet black : whole length 9 inches, 

 •wing 4-2, tail 2"G. Female similar. 



Hah. Andes of Colchagua, Chili. 



This appears to be the northern form of the preceding species. 

 It is quite distinct, and at once recognizable by its chestnut tliroat 

 and breast. 



a. S ad. sk. Colchagua, Chili (LnndbecJc). Sclater Coll. 



b. 5 ad- sk. Colchagua, Chih {Philippi tjj- Land- Salvin-Godman CuU. 



heck^. (Authentic specimen.) 



c. Ad. sk. Colchagua, Chili (Peed). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Chili (Let/bold). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Chili {Bridges). Sclater Coll. 



g-k. Ad. sk. Chili. Purchased. 



3. Hylactes megapodius. 



Pteroptochus megapodius, Kittl. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 1831, p. 182, 

 pi. iv. ; Darwin, Zool. Toy. ^Beagle,' iii. p. 71 ; Bridges, P. Z. S. 

 1843, p. Ill (Chili) ; Gay, Fatin. Chil. i. p. 302 ; Phi'l. An. Univ. 

 Chil. xxxi. p. 254 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 169. 



