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Show 1882.] FROM THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 611 Only two of these birds were observed during my trip through Misiones. It frequents the dense gloomy forests, where it busies itself in scraping amongst the dead leaves ; and although it may be close at hand and the rustling distinct, a quick eye is required to detect it, as its plumage is of the exact colour of decaying foliage. If startled, it flies up onto the trunk of the nearest tree, and there remains perfectly motionless in an upright position. I never heard it utter a single note. 100. LEPTASTHENURA ^EGITHALOIDES (Kittl.). 2- City of Catamarca, iVrg. Rep., Aug. 6, 1880. Iris light sepia. Not uncommon in the well-wooded gardens around the town. 101. LEPTASTHENURA FULIGINICEPS (Lafr. et d'Orb.). 2 • Sierras de Totoral, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., July 24, 1980. Iris light brown. I found this bird principally on the slopes of the hills, outside the dense woods; but it is not abundant. It has a note something similar to that of the Wren. 102. SYNALLAXIS RUFICAPILLA (Vieill.). cf. Monte Grande, B. Aires, Arg. Rep., Jan. 2, 1881. Two or three were seen in the tala woods. [I have not seen Mr. White's specimens, and should rather doubt their belonging to the true S. ruficapilla.-P. L. S.] 103. SYNALLAXIS FRONTALIS, Pelz. cf. Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 12, 1880. 2 • Sierras de Totoral, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., July 29, 1880. In the upper provinces of the Argentine Republic this bird is not unfrequently met with. 104. SYNALLAXIS ALBESCENS, Temm. 2 . San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 8, 1881. Not unfrequently met with in the woods of Misiones. 105. SYNALLAXIS PHRYGANOPHILA, Vieill. cf. Punta Lara, B. Aires, Arg. Rep., Feb. 18, 1881. Iris reddish brown. This was the only specimen seen, and was shot in the dense tala woods along the shores of the La Plata. 106. SYNALLAXIS WHITII, Sclater, Ibis, 1881,p. 600, t. xvii. fig.cf. Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 9, 1880. This new species must be rare, as 1 only succeeded in obtaining one specimen near Oran, |