[228.] RHINOCRYPTA FUSCA, Scl. et Salv.
(BROWN GALLITO.)
Rhinocrypta fusca, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. pp. 76, 161.
Description.—Above uniform pale cinnamomeous brown; superciliaries whitish; tail blackish, except the middle pair of rectrices, which are the same as the back; beneath white, faintly tinged with cinnamomeous; bill horn-colour, feet black: whole length 6·5 inches, wing 2·5, tail 2·4.
Hab. Mendoza.
The original examples of this species were obtained by the German collector, Weisshaupt, near Mendoza. It appears to have been mistaken for the young of the preceding species, but is decidedly different.
[229.] PTEROPTOCHUS ALBICOLLIS, Kittl.
(WHITE-NECKED TAPACOLA.)
Pteroptochus albicollis, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 471 (Mendoza); Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 76.
Description.—Above chestnut-brown, obscure or slightly olivaceous on the neck and upper part of back; inner webs of wing-feathers blackish; lores, superciliaries, and under surface white, the breast sparsely, and the belly and flanks thickly marked with transverse spots of blackish brown; lower flanks and under tail-coverts chestnut-brown, obscurely spotted with black; bill and feet black: whole length 8·5 inches, wing 3·1, tail 2·9. Female similar.