198 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Neotropical 
Genus 3. Rhinocrypta. 
Rhinomya , Is. Geoffr. et D'Orb. Mag. de Zool. 1832, Ois. 
pi. 3. 
Rhinocrypta, Gray, List of Gen. 1841, p. 25. 
Tins conspicuous form is allied to Pteroptochus , but differs 
in its short bill with much-arched culmen, rather shorter and 
stronger legs, and in the well-marked divisions of the tarsal 
scutes. The tail-feathers are twelve in number: the hind 
claw is short and curved. 
1. Rhinocrypta lanceolata. 
Rhinomya lanceolata , Is. Geoffr. et D’Orb. Mag. de Zool. 
1832, Ois. pi. 3; D^Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 194, pi. 7. fig. 1; Dar¬ 
win, Zool. Beagle, iii. p. 70. 
Rhinocrypta lanceolata , Gray, List, of Gen. 1841, p. 25 ; 
Bp. Consp. i. p. 205; Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 471; 
Sclater, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 543; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 76. 
Ex olivaceo cinerea; capite cristato rufo, plumis albo lanceo- 
latis: subtus clare cinerea, ventre medio albo, laterali 
utrinque castaneo : cauda intus nigra: long, tot a 8*0, 
alee 3*2, caudse 3*1. 
Hab. La Plata occ., Catamarca et Mendoza (Burm.) ; 
Patagonia bor., Rio Negro ( D’Orb ., Darwin , et Hudson ). 
Mus. P. L. S. 
I have skins of this bird from the neighbourhood of Men¬ 
doza, collected by Weisshaupt, and from the Rio Negro of 
Patagonia by Mr. Hudson. The sexes, as determined by the 
latter, are alike. 
The native name of this bird is “ Galtito,” or little cock, 
from its mode of carrying the tail upright. Mr. Hudson 
has given us some good notes on its habits (P. Z. S. 1872, 
p. 543). 
2. Rhinocrypta fusca. (Plate VIII.) 
Rhinocrypta fusca, Sclater et Salv. Nomencl. p. 76. 
Rhinocrypta fulva, Philippi, MS. 
Supra pallide murino-fusca unicolor, alis omnino concolo- 
ribus: loris superciliis indistinctis et corpore subtus lac- 
tescenti-albis: cauda nigra, rectricibus duabus mediis et 
reliquarum marginibus dorso concoloribus: subalaribus 
