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PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS : ZOOLOGY. 



(Lower Pilcomayo); Holland, t. c. p. 214 (Estancia Espartilla); 

 Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 212 (Uruguay); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 XXVII. p. 548 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-list B. I. p. 10 (1899); Gates, 

 Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 12 (1901). 

 NotJmrus ntfescens, Swains. Classif. B. II. p. 345 (1837). 



Fig. 10. 



Fig. II. 



Rhynchotiis rufescens. Profile. 

 Vi natural size. 



Rhynchotiis rufescens. Bill and head 

 from above. Vz natural size. 



General description. 



Size. — Total length, 14-17 inches. 



Wing, 8-9 inches. 



Tail, 2.5-2.75 inches. 



Culmen, 1.6-1.7 inches. 



Tarsus, 2.3-2.5 inches. 



The female is larger than the male. 



Color. — Head: Crown and forehead black, the feathers edged generally 

 with buffy rufous. Remainder of head buff with a dusky stripe extend- 

 ing from angle of mouth to the region of the ear. The female is more 

 intense in shade of color and definite in barring than the male. 



Throat : Pale buff, almost white. 



Neck : Creamy bufif with a rufous tinge. 



