22 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS : ZOOLOGY. 



P.-B., Tinami, p. 42 (part., specim. i, 2, 3, 6) (1880); Dalgleish, 

 Pro. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. VI. p. 249 (1882); White, P. Z. S. 

 1882, p. 629 (Missiones) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1882, p. 11 (Zool. 

 Gart); Sclat. List. Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 547 (1883) (Zool. Gard.); 

 Barrows, Auk, 1884, p. 317 (part., Entre Rios, lower Uruguay) ; 

 Helm. J. f. O. 1885, p. 347 (muscles); Berl. J. f. O. 1887, p. 37 

 (Pilcomayo, Rio Grande du Sul), p. 127 ; Lucas, Pr. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1887, pp. 157-158 (osteology); Gibson, Ibis, 1888, p. 282 

 (Paysandu, Uruguay) ; Withington, Ibis, 1888, p. 473 (Lomas de 

 Zamora) ; Sclat. & Huds. Argent. Orn. II. p. 211 (1889); Bedd.,, 

 Ibis, 1890, pp. 62, 63 (with figure of cceca)\ Sclat. Ibis, 1890, p. 82 

 (quintocubital), p. 425 ; Heine & Rchnw. Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 304 (Chile and Montevideo) (1890); Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 214 

 (Argentine); Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 214 (L^ruguay) ; Sclat. Ibis, 1894, 



P- 453- 

 TtriaiiiHS maculosa, Gieb. Thes. Orn. III. p. 636 (syn. emend.), 1877. 

 Perdis commi, Hudson, P. Z. S. 1892, pp. 547-548 (Valley of the Rio 



Negro, Patagonia). 



General description. — Adult male P. LI. O. C. No. 8,826, Province 

 of Buenos Ayres, July, 1898, Museo de La Plata collection. 

 F,G. 13. Size. — Total length, about 10.5 inches. 



Wing, 5.2 inches. 

 Culmen, 0.8 inches. 

 Tarsus, 1.3 inches. 



The adult female is somewhat larger than the adult 

 male. 



Color Adult Male (cited). — General color above, 

 pale yellowish brown, barred with shades of dark brown 

 and striped with whitish. Below fulvescent, the breast 

 Nothura maculosa, and sidcs dccoratcd with brown bars and spots. 

 Profile, i^ natural size. p^^^^ . ^^^ \^^Q^yr^^ with border of blackish brown 

 and light fulvescent edge to each feather. A broad fulvescent stripe 

 reaching from the bill back over the eye and defining the crown. Sides 

 of head and face fulvescent, more or less obscurely and minutely spotted 

 with dusky brown. 



