172 DENDROCOLAPTIDJS. 



Description. Above earthy brown ; front, lores, and rim round the eye bright 

 rufous; wings blackish, outer webs more or less edged with rufous earthy 

 brown ; tail earthy brown, lateral rectrices tinged with rufous ; below pale 

 cinereous with a slight rufescent tinge ; throat clear white ; under wing-coverts 

 and inner margins of the wing-feathers cinnamon-red ; bill hazel, paler at the 

 base; feet pale brown: whole length 7*5 inches, wing 3-0, tail 3-1. Female 

 similar. 



Hab. Argentina. 



Professor Burmeister was the first discoverer of this species, which 

 he tells us is common near Mendoza, in Parana, and in the neighbouring 

 pampas. In Parana he found it nesting under the roof of his house 

 and feeding upon insects. The eggs are pure white. It is the Ruisinor 

 or " Nightingale " of the natives, whence he gave it the specific name 

 luscinia a strange name for any species in the shrill-voiced Dendroco- 

 laptine family. 



183. CINCLODES FUSCUS (Vieill.). 

 (BROWN CINCLODES.) 



. Cinclodes fuscus, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 62 ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 179 

 (Buenos Ayres) j White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 610 (Catamarca) ; Barrows, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl. viii. p. 205 (Entrerios and Pampas). Cinclodes 

 vulgaris, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 463 (Mendoza, Parana). 



Description. Above dark earthy brown, lores and superciliaries whitish ; 

 wings blackish, with a broad transverse cinnaxnomeous bar ; outer tail-feathers 

 blackish, broadly tipped with pale cinnamomeous white ; beneath pale cinereous, 

 with a cinnamomeous tinge ; throat white, slightly spotted with blackish ; bill 

 and feet horn -colour : whole length 7'3 inches, wing 4'0, tail 3-0. Female 

 similar. 



Hab. Argentina, Chili, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. 



This homely little species differs considerably from most Dendroco- 

 laptine birds in colour and habits ; and being of a uniform dull, fuscous 

 hue, its appearance is most uninteresting. It inhabits the whole of 

 Patagonia, but is migratory, possessing, what is rare in this family, a 

 powerful flight. In winter it is common all over the pampas and the 

 Plata district, ranging north to Paraguay. It is always found near water, 

 its favourite hunting-ground being the borders of a stream. On the 

 ground its motions are quick and lively, but when perching on a tree it 

 sits motionless in one position, and when attempting to move appears to 

 lose its balance. These birds cannot be called strictly gregarious, but 

 where abundant they are fond of gathering in loose flocks, sometimes 

 numbering one or two hundred individuals, and when thus associating 



