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Birds, p. 152 (1881); Barrows, Auk, I. p. 318 (1884: Bahia Blanca); 

 Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. II. p. 214 (1889); Frenzel, J. f. O. 1891, 

 p. 124 (Cordoba); Scl. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, V. p. XXIX (1893), 

 Ibis, 1893, p. 256; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 213 (Uruguay, not observed); 

 Scl. t. c. p. 453. 



Calopezus elegans, Ridgw. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. II. p. 97 (1884); Sal- 

 vad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXVII. p. 566 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-List, 

 B. I. p. 12 (1899); Gates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 14 (1901); 

 Oust. C. R. Congr. Orn. III. p. 196 (1901 : breeding at S. Maria, N. 

 Patagonia); Prich. Thr. Heart Patagonia, p. 49 (1902). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Total length, 14.5 inches. 



Wing, 8.5 inches. 



Tail, 3.25 inches. 



Culmen, i.i inches. 



Tarsus, 1.9 inches. 



Color. Head, grayish. A dusky or black median streak on each 



FIG. 17. FIG. 1 8. 



Calopeziis elegans. Profile. Calopezus elegans. Head and bill 



y^ natural size. from above. 



feather. A recurved vertical crest of dark brown or black feathers, some 

 of which are edged with cinereous. Two whitish buff bands start from 

 the region above the eye and run backward along the sides of the head. 



