(RED-WINGED MINER.)
+Geobamon rufipennis+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 465 (Paraná).
_Description._--Above reddish grey-brown; lores, rim round the eye,
cheeks, and body below white; breast tinged with yellowish grey;
wings blackish brown, inner webs ferruginous, with their tips and
outer basal edges pale ferruginous; tail bright ferruginous, with a
broad black transverse band near the tip; bill black, base of under
mandible and legs pale brown: whole length 7·0 inches, wing 4·0,
tail 2·0.
_Hab._ Paraná.
This form is unknown to us, and we can only give a short translation of
Burmeister's description of it. It is said to resemble _Geositta_, but
has a much shorter and perfectly straight beak.