P late IV .
FURNARITJS TORRIDUS.
(CHESTNUT OVEN-BIED),
F um a r iu s torridus Scl. et. Salv. P.Z .S . 1866, p. 183.
Eubigmosus, aUs eaudaque p aulo sa tu ratio rib u s, p nm a n is msco-mgncauuuu«, uumium v— 7
pogonio in te rio re pallide cinnamomeis: pUeo to to e t capitis Is te rib u s sordide b rimneis, Io n s c t supereihm mdastmcte
a lb id is : su b tu s paUide ru fu s, gulS, v e n tre medio e t subalaribus p u re a lb is : ro s tro rufo, b asi a lb ic a n te ; p edibus pallide
c a rn e is ; long, to ta 7'0, al® 3 '7 , caud® 2 '2 , ta rs i 1-2; r o s tr i a r ic tu Un. dir. I 'l .
R o b . in ripis A Ucayali su p . e t inf.
This Oven-hird was one o f the earliest discoveries o f Mr. Edward Bartlett, a young and
enterprising collector now engaged in exploring the natural productions o f Eastern Peru, and
was recently described by the authors o f the present work in their joint paper on the birds
collected by him on the river Ucayali. . i • i
Mr. Bartlett has hitherto forwarded hut two examples o f this bird, from one of winch, now
in Mr. Sclater’s collection, the present figure is taken. But the species is so well marked by its
dark rusty-rufous back and clearly defined white throat, as to leave little doubt that it is distinct
from all previously described members o f the genus.
The .genus Furnarius embraces seven or eight species all peculiar to the southern portion
o f the American continent and remarkable for the extraordinary nests which they build. That
of Furnarius rufus, of Paraguay and the Campos of Brazil, is very large for the size o f the bird,
and built wholly of mud, domed over, and with an entrance at the side, so as to resemble a
briek-ovcn in appearance. It is often placed near or even in the houses of the natives, who have
many curious stories about this familiar bird, as narrated by Azara, Burmeister, and other
authorities upon American Ornithology.
We are acquainted with the following species o f this genus.
1, F uHXABIUS RTJFTia.
Merops rufus, Gm. S. N . i. p . i m .— Turdus badim, L ic lit. Uoubl. p. ^Q.— Fig u lu s alboguUris, Spix, Av. Bras,
i, p . 76, pi. 7%.— Opetiorhynchus ruficaudus. Max. Be itr, iii. p. ( i n .— Fu rn a riu sru fu s, D ’Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 230 ; Burm.
Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 3 ; Cab. e t Heiu. Mu s. H ein . ii. p. 23.
Hab. in Brasil, merid. in te rio re e t Paraguay.
Mus. P.L.S.
2. I ’UEN.VEIVS FIQULUa.
TurdusJlgulus, Liclit. Uoubl. ]). iO .-O p e iu y rh g n cU s rufus, Ma s. B e itr. iii. p. Q G 7 .-F u rn a r iu s fg u lu s , Bp. Consp.
p . 2 1 4 ; Bu rm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p . 4 ; Cab. e t Hein . Mus. Hein. ii. p. 2 3.— F a rm r iu s melanotis, Sw. A n . in Menag.
p. 324.
R a b . i
is fusco-nigricantibus, omnium (nisi estim i) basibus in
n Brasil. M e r. Or. proviuc. de Baliia.
s. P.L.S.