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mals. On the west coast of South America it extends, at least, as far 

 north as Valparaiso. A second species of the genus obtained in the Strait, 

 where however it does not appear to be nearly so common as the former, 

 was the Cinclodes fuscus^ (Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. 1871, p. 264.) 



CiNCLODES PATAGONICUS RUPESTRIS (Kittlitz). 



(Plate VIII) 

 OpetiorynchosrHpestrisYs\\X\\\.z, Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. I, p. 188, tab. 



viii (1831) (Chili = Valparaiso). 

 Cinclodes tnolitor Scoii, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. x. no. Ixxi. April 30, 1900, 

 p. Ixii (1900) (Chili). 

 Description. — Darker than patagonicus and somewhat smaller with the 

 white throat more abruptly defined, white streaks below narrower. 



Geographical Range. — From Valparaiso, Chili, and Mendoza, Argen- 

 tina, south through most of Patagonia, and Dabbene records one from 

 Sloggett Bay, Tierra del Fuego. 



Mr. J. L. Peters writes: "This appears to be the resident Cinclodes of 

 western Rio Negro. . . . About Lake Nahuel Huapi they are common 

 along the wooded shores of the lake and in the vicinity of running water." 

 (Bull. M. C. Z. Ixv. No. 9, p. 314.) 



Cinclodes oustaleti hornensis Dabbene. 

 Cinclodes oustaleti hornensis Dabbene, Physis, t. Ill, March 17, 191 7, p. 

 58 (Hermite Island, Tierra del Fuego). 

 Description. — Differs from C patagonicus in its smaller size, weaker 

 bill, and in having the under parts less streaked, and the center of the ab- 

 domen white. From C oustaleti to the north it differs in the darker brown 

 of the upper parts and in the white streakings of the under tail coverts. 



Geographical Range. — Southern Chili, Cape Horn region. Not found 

 by the Princeton naturalists. 



Cinclodes antarcticus antarcticus (Garnot). 

 Certhia antarctica Garnot, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, vii. p. 45, 



note I, (1826) (Isles Malouines). 

 Furnarius ftdiginosus Lesson, Man. d'Ornith. ii. p. 15 (1828) (Les iles 

 Malouines). 

 Description. — Total length, 7.20 inches; wing, 4.10; culmen, .80; tail, 

 3.10; tarsus, 1.05. Darker than C patagonicus, uniform brown below 



