Plate IV 



FURNARIUS TORRIDUS. 



(CHESTNUT OVEN-BIBD). 



Furnarius torridus 



Scl. et. Salv. P.Z.S. 1866, p. 183. 



Eubiginosus, alis caudaque paulo saturatioribus, primariis fusco-nigricantibus, omnium (nisi extimi) basibus in 

 pogonio interiore pallide cinnamomeis: pileo toto et capitis lateribus sordide brunneis, loris et superciliis indistincte 

 albidis : subtus pallide rufus, gula, ventre medio et subalaribus pure albis : rostro rufo, basi albicante ; pedibus pallide 

 carneis : long, tota 7'0, alse 3'7, caudse 22, tarsi 1*2 ; rostri a rictu lin. dir. 11. 



Rab. in ripis fl. Ueayali sup. et inf. 



This Oven-bird was one of the earliest discoveries of Mr. Edward Bartlett, a young and 

 enterprising collector now engaged in exploring the natural productions of Eastern Peru, and 

 was recently described by the authors of the present work in their joint paper on the birds 

 collected by him on the river Ueayali. 



Mr. Bartlett has hitherto forwarded but two examples of this bird, from one of which, now 

 in Mr. Sclater's collection, the present figure is taken. But the species is so well marked by its 

 dark rusty-rufous back and clearly defined white throat, as to leave little doubt that it is distinct 

 from all previously described members of the genus. 



The genus Furnarius embraces seven or eight species all peculiar to the southern portion 

 of the American continent and remarkable for the extraordinary nests which they build. That 

 of Furnarius rufus, of Paraguay and the Campos of Brazil, is very large for the size of the bird, 

 and built wholly of mud, domed over, and with an entrance at the side, so as to resemble a 

 brick-oven in appearance. It is often placed near or even in the houses of the natives, who have 

 many curious stories about this familiar bird, as narrated by Azara, Burmeister, and other 

 authorities upon American Ornithology. 



We are acquainted with the following species of this genus. 



1. FUKNARITTS ETJFUS. 



Merops rufus, Gm. S. !N". i. p. 465. — Turdus badius, Licht. Doubl. p. 40. — Mgulus albogularis, Spix, Av. Bras, 

 i. p. 76, pi. 78. — Opetiorhynclius ruficaudus, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 671. — Furnarius rufus, D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 250; Burm. 

 Syst. Feb. iii. p. 3 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 23. 



Sab. in Brasil. merid. interiore et Paraguay. 



Mus. P.L.S. 



2. EUENAEIUS EIGULTJS. 



Turdus jigulus, Licht. Doubl. p. 40. — Opetiorhynclius rufus, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 667. — Furnarius figulus, Bp. Consp. 

 p. 214; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 4; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 23. — Furnarius melanotis, Sw. An. in Menag. 

 p. 324. 



Hob. in Brasil. Mer. Or. provinc. de Bahia. 



Mus. P.L.S. 



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