350 



PTKROPTOCHID.E. 



Hylactes megapodius, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. l''J4 ; Vah. et Ilein. Mus. 



Hein. ii. p. 21 ; Scl. et Sale. £x. Om. p. 08; iid. Numencl. p. 77; 



Scl r. Z. S. 18G7, pp. 3i>5, 338 (Chili) ; id. Ibis, 1874, p. 203 



(Chili) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 510, et 1877, p. 523. 

 Megalonyx rufus, Less. Cent. Zool. p. 200, pi. GO ; d'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. 



Av. i. p. 15. 

 Leptonvx macropu.?, Sw. Zool. III. n. s. pi. 117 ; d'Orh. Voi/., Ois. 



p. 197. 



Above earthy brown, rump rufcscent ; eyebrows and large sirii)e 

 down each side of the throat and neck white ; middle of throat and 

 whole breast dull ferruginous red ; abdomen white, regularly barred 

 across with brown, tlaiiks and crissum rufescent ; bill and feet 

 black : whole length 9 inches, wing 3-7, tail 2-9. Female similar. 



Hah. Central and Northern Chili. 



a. Ad. St. 



b. (S ad. sk. 



c. d. Ad. sk. 

 e. Ad. sk. 

 /. c? ad. sk. 

 g. Jr. sk. 



h. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 



Chili. 



Chili (Lei/bold). 



Chili. 



Chili. 



Chih. 



Chili. 



Chili. 



Santiago, Chili. 



Baron Laugier's Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 T. Bridges [C.]. 

 Dr. Riippeli's Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



7. ACROPTERNIS. ^^^^ 



Acropternis, Cab. et Hem. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 20 (1859) . . A. orthonyx. 

 Ommatoruis, Svl. MS., Ibis, 1874, p. 204 A. orthonyx. 



Bill (from above) and foot of Acropternis orthonyx. 



This very remarkable type is readily known by the extraordinary 

 flattened oval into which the culmen is developed and the long 



