(DARK-TAILED HENICORNIS.)
+Henicornis phoenicurus+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 62; _Durnford,
Ibis_, 1878, p. 395 (Central Patagonia).
_Description._--Above earthy brown, slight superciliary line
white, edges of outer secondaries, lower back, and upper
tail-coverts bright ferruginous red; tail black, outer webs of
outer tail-feathers and slight external edging of the others bright
ferruginous; beneath, throat and breast pure white, belly cinereous,
flanks tinged with rufous; crissum bright ferruginous; bill dark
horn-colour, base of lower mandible yellowish; feet horn-colour:
whole length 7·5 inches, wing 3·3, tail 3·0.
_Hab._ Chili and Patagonia.
Durnford met with this peculiar form in Central Patagonia in 1877-78. He
says that it was resident and common among the bushes throughout his
journey.