396 Mr. H. Diirnford's Notes on the 



Iris wood-brown ; beak black, under mandible slate-colour. 

 Upper surface of legs and feet dark horn-colour, under sur- 

 face ligbter. 



^Phlceocryptes melanops. 



Resident. Common in reed-beds along the valleys of the 

 Sengelen and by the lakes. 



Leptasthenura ^githaloides. 



Resident. Commonly observed amongst bushes through- 

 out our journey. 



Iris wood-brown ; beak dark horn- colour, base of under 

 mandible lightest ; legs, feet, and claws black, under surface 

 grey. 



■^Synallaxis hudsoni. 



Seen twice duiing our exj)edition — at the mouth of the 

 Sengel, and again in the valley of that river. 



■^Synallaxis sordida. 



Resident. Pretty commonly obseiTcd during our journey, 

 frequenting bushes. 



Iris wood-brown ; beak, legs, and feet dark horn-colour, 

 under mandible and under surface of legs and feet lighter. 



*H0M0RUS GUTTURALIS, 



Resident,* but rare. Seen occasionally in the hills during 

 our journey. 



*Stenopsis bifasciata. 



Resident. Seen on the 14th, and again on the 28th No- 

 vember, on the hills bordering the Sengelen. Whilst camp- 

 ing at Tombo Point one kept flying round our fire at night. 



■^CONURUS PATAGONUS. 



Only seen at Chupat in the spring and summer. I observed 

 a flock on the steep banks o£ the Sengel in November. 



Otus brachyotus. 



Resident, but not common. Seen near Tombo Point in 

 December. 



