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41. AKERETES. 



Type. 



Anairetes, Iieichenb. Av. S. N. t. lxvi. (1850) A. parulus. 



The genus Anaretes contains a series of about seven small species 

 with crested head, striped plumage, and much compressed bill. 

 They are said to be Tit-like in their habits. 



They are found mostly in the Patagonian Region, but extend 

 along the range of the Andes into Ecuador. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Tail about equal to wings; squared. 



a. Bill black, uniform. 



J Smaller : belly yellowish 1. parulus, p. 106. 



I Larger : belly white 2. femandezianus, p. 107. 



b. Bill reddish or yellowish at the base. 



{Larger ; back black, striated with 



white 3. albicristatus, p. 107. 



Smaller : back olive-brown 4. Jlavirostris, p. 108. 



B. Tail much longer than wings, graduated . 5. agilis, p. 108. 



1. Anseretes parulus. 



Muscicapa parulus, Kittl. Mem. pres. Acad. Petersb. i. p. 190, pi. 9 

 (1831). 



Sylvia bloxami, J. E. Gray, Zool. 3Iisc. 1831, p. 11. 



Culicivora parulus, Lafr. et d'Orb. Syn. Ac. i. p. 57; d'Orb. Voy., 

 Ois. p. 332 ; Gay, Farm. Chil, Aves, p. 343. 



Serphophaga panda, Gould, in Zool. Voy. ' Beagle] iii. p. 49 ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1858, p. 554. 



Euscarthmus parulus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 184. 



Regulus plumulosus, Peale, U.S. E.vplor. Exp. p. 94, pi. 25. 



Anseretes parulus, Cab. et llein. Mus. Hem. ii. p. 54 ; Scl. Cat. A. 

 B. p. 212 ; id. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 327, 338, et 1872, pp. 543, 549 ; 

 Scl. et Sale. Nomencl. p. 47 ; lid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 432, et 1879, 

 p. 613; iid. Zool. Chall. Exp. viii. p. 101 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 535, et 1880, p. 202 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 239 ; Burm. La-Plata 

 Reise, ii. p. 455 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 8 ; White, P. Z. S. 1883, 

 p. 39 (rep. Arg.) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 423 ; Burnford, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 34, et 1878, p. 395 ; Scl. et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 141. 



Anseretes parulus sequatorialis, Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 296, 

 et 1885, p. 123. 



Above cinereous, with an olivaceous tint on the lower back ; 

 head black, front varied with white ; elongated vertical crest black, 

 sometimes varied with white ; wings blackish, with slight whitish 

 tips to the coverts and whitish margins to the outer secondaries ; tail 

 blackish, outer web of external rectrix whitish : beneath pale straw- 

 colour, white on the throat ; throat and breast with numerous and 

 well-marked black striations ; under wing-coverts pale stramineous ; 

 bill and feet black: whole length 4 inches, wing 19, tail 1-8. 

 Female similar, but crest shorter. 



Hub. Argentine Republic, Chili, Bolivia, Peru, and Andes of 

 Ecuador. 



