1. AGPJORNIS. 5 



Agriornis gutturalis, Gould, in Zool. Vox/. ' Beagle,'' iii. p. 56 ; Fraser, 



P. Z. 8. 1843, p. Ill (Chili). 

 Agriornis livida, Bp. Consp. i. p. 197 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 196 ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 325 ; Scl. et Sale. Nomencl. p. 41 ; iid. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 609 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 423. 

 Dasycepkala livida, Phil, et Landb. Wiegm.Arch. 1863, i. p. 134; 



Gay, Hist, de Chile, Zool. p. 327. 



Above cinereous, wings blackish with brighter edgings ; tail dull 

 black, with narrow external edging to the outer rectrix and narrow 

 tips to all whitish ; lores and faint superciliaries dirty white : 

 below rather paler, belly and cnssum cinnamonieous ; throat white, 

 broadly striated with black ; under wing-coverts cinnarnomeous 

 white ; bill black, beneath horn-colour ; feet black : whole length 

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



Hob. Chili. 



a, b. Ad.sk. Talcahuano, Chili (Capt. Markham ialvin-Godman Coll. 



c. c? ad. sk. Chili (Peed). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Chili. Sclater Coll. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Chili (?). Capt. King [0.]. 

 g. Ad. sk. Valparaiso. Zool. Soc. Coll. 

 li. Ad. sk. Valparaiso. Lord Byron [P.]. 

 i. Ad. sk. Chili. Purchased. 



2. Agriornis striata. 



Agriornis striatus, Goidd, Zool. Voy. ' Beagle,' iii. p. 56 ; Burm. La- 

 Plata Reise, ii. p. 459 ; Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. 356 (Tucuman) ; Scl. 

 et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 111. 



Agriornis microptera, Gould, Zool. Voy. ' Beagle,' iii. p. 57, pi. xii. ; 

 Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 185. 



Above cinereous; wings blackish cinereous with light edgings: 

 tail dark cinereous, with a distinct white margin to the external 

 rectrix, and slight whitish tips to all rectrices ; lores blackish ; short 

 superciliaries white : below pale cinereous ; throat white, broadly 

 striated with black ; bill above black, below pale : whole length 

 9 inches, wing 4*8, tail 4*3. Female similar. 



Hab. Argentine Republic and Patagonia. 



This is a smaller representative of A. livida and paler in 

 colouring. The belly and crissum are much paler, and have not the 

 strong cinnarnomeous tinge which prevails in A. livida. 



a. <S ad. sk. Pilciao, Catamarca, Arg. Rep. Sclater Coll. 



( White). 



b. 2 ad. sk. Pampas of Arg. Rep. (Leybold). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. TucumaD, Rep. Arg. II. Durnford [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Santa Cruz, Patagonia {Darivin). Eyton Coll. 



e. Jr. sk. Port St. Julian, Patagonia. C. Darwin [C.]. 

 /. Jr. sk. Port Desire, Pat. C. Darwin [C.J. 



(Type of A. microptera.) 

 g. Ad. sk. Patagonia (?). 'Zuol. Soc. Coll. 



