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Show 1874.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE GENUS SYNALLAXIS. 13 My acquaintance with this species was made in 1856 from specimens in the British Museum and in Mr. T. C. Eyton's collection. I have again examined these examples, and have recognized their identity with Leptoxyura semicinerea of Reichenbach, whose prior specific name is now adopted accordingly. An imperfect skin of this bird in the Jardin des Plantes was obtained by D'Orbigny in the Bolivian province of Valle Grande. Synallaxis semicinerea is at once recognizable by its pale ashy head and uniform red back, wings, and tail, and in colour is quite unlike any other known species. Both specimens examined appear to have only ten rectrices. Mr. Ey ton's skin was purchased of Parzudaki, and is labelled " Bahia." 16. SYNALLAXIS SCUTATA. (Plate II. fig. 2.) Synallaxis scutata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 191. Supra murino-brunnea; dorso toto, alis extus et cauda rufis: super-ciliis ante oculum albis, post oculum magis cinnamomeis; remigum parte interna nigricante: subtus alba, pectore cinnamomeo lavato, plaga distincta quadrilaterali in cervice antica nigra: rostro plumbeo, basi pallidiore; pedibus pallide brunneis: long, tota 5'75, alee 2'25, caudce 2'75, tarsi 0'8. Hab. Brasilia. Mus. Brit. The single example in the British Museum is the only specimen of this well-marked species that I have met with. It was obtained along with other birds from the Sudbury Museum in 1843, and is said to have been received from " Brazil." Sect. d. Species supra rufce aut castaneee unicolores. 17. SYNALLAXIS CINNAMOMEA. Certhia cinnamomea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 480 ; Vieillot, Gal. Ois. i. p. 283, pi. 173. Synallaxis cinnamomea, Burm. Th. Bras. iii. pp. 41, 42 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 37. Leptoxyura cinnamomea, Reichb. Handb. i. p. 170; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 28 ; Sclater, Cat. A. B. p. 154"; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 183, 1867, p. 978, and 1873, p. 269. Synallaxis ruficauda, Vieill. N. D. xxxii. p. 310(1819), et E. M. p. 623 ; D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 240 ; Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 689 ; Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 84, pi. 85. fig. 2; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 3 7 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 213; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 193. Leptoxyura ruficauda, Reichenb. Handb. p. 170. Sylvia russeola, Vieill. N. D. ii. p. 217, et E. M . p. 463. Sphenura mentalis, Licht. Doubl. p. 42. Synallaxis mentalis, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 41. Synallaxis caudacutus, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 692. Supra ferruginea, pileo alis extus et cauda plerumque rufescenti-oribus : subtus alba, gula flavo tincta : rectricum apicibus exsertis acutis: long, tota 5*5, alee 2'3, caudce 2'6. Hab. America merid. tropica a Columbia ad remp. Argentinam. |
