76 BIRDS OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO 



CINCLODES FUSCUS (Vieillot) 



AntllUS fuSCTlS, Bonnaterre et Vieillot, Talleau Encychpedique, 



Ornithologie, i, p. 825, 1791. 

 Alondra de la parda, Azara, Pdxaros, Paraguay y La Plata, ii, p. 11, 



1805. 

 UppUCerthia vulgaris, B'OrMgny, Voy. AmSr. Merid., Ois., p. 372, 



pi. Ivii, 1835. 

 OpetiorhyncllUS vulgaris, Gould and Darwin, Voy. " Beagle,'' Birds, 



p. 6H, 1841. 

 CinclodeS fuSCUS, Dumford, This, p. 179, 1877 ; Sclater and Hudson, 



Argentine Orn., i, p. 172, 1888 ; Sdater, Gat. Birds Brit. Mus., xv, p. 23, 



1890 ; Oustalet, Miss. 8ci. Cap Horn, Ois., p. 63, 1891. 



Habitat. — Ecuador and Peru, to Tierra del Fuego ; the Falkland Islands. 



$ Sara Settlement, IStli Oct., 1904. 

 Iris — brown ; bill and legs — dark brown. 



This Tierra del Fuego specimen corresponds with the palest 

 form of this bird in its wide range, namely the Peru variety, 

 originally described as C. rhmlaris, but since repudiated by Dr. 

 Sclater. 



According to that authority, there are no decisive characters 

 to separate C. alhidiventris of Ecuador and the north, C. 

 rivularis of Peru, and C. minor of Chili, from the typical form 

 of the Argentine Republic ( C. fuscus). The Argentine specimens 

 are the darkest on the lower surface, C. rivularis much the 

 lightest, and the Bolivian examples intermediate. 



This is a very common bird in open country ; even in settle- 

 ments, in close proximity to houses. Favourite abiding places 

 are the primitive wood and sod bridges in the settled districts 

 of the island. Crossing these bridges, many times has my horse 

 shied at this bird flying out from below. It is remarkable for 

 perching on hillocks, fluttering its wings, and uttering a shrill 

 " P-e-?--?*-?'-r " of considerable duration. 



Azara thus describes it: — " Unos corrian con ligereza por la 



