(FORKED-TAIL PIPIT.)
+Anthus furcatus+, _d'Orb. Voy._ p. 227 (Patagonia); _Darwin, Zool.
Voy. 'Beagle'_, iii. p. 85 (La Plata); _Sclater, Ibis_, 1878, p.
364; _Döring, Exp. al Rio Negro, Zool._ p. 37 (Azul,
Carhué-pampas); _Sharpe, Cat. B._ x. p. 605.
_Description._--Similar to _A. correndera_, but with a smaller bill,
shorter and more curved hind claw, less spotted under surface, and
different marking of the second outer rectrix, which has a clear and
distinct white line along the inner side of the shaft: total length
6·0 inches, wing 3·2, tail 2·4.
_Hab._ Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.
One of the Pipits procured at Conchitas belongs to this species, if
distinct from the former. I think I recollect it as a resident on the
pampas, closely resembling the Cachila in flight and language, but much
shyer, and usually found concealed under Tulu grass on dry grounds.
Fam. VI. MNIOTILTIDÆ, or WOOD-SINGERS.
The Mniotiltidæ, or Wood-singers, are a well-known and very
characteristic family of the New World, where they occupy the position
of our Sylviidæ. They number some 130 or 140 species, distributed all
over America down to La Plata, but most abundant in the southern
portions of North America, where the favourite and beautiful genus
_Dendroeca_, with about 100 species, plays an important part. In
Argentina only four species have as yet been met with.