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Show M R. P. L. SCLATER ON THE GENUS SYNALLAXIS. [Jan. 6, (1827?) Temminck (PI. Col. 38th and 52nd livr.) writes upon Synallaxis (which he places near Malurus), and describes and figures five new species, S. rutilans, S. albescens, S. cinerascens, S. tecellata, and S. setaria, all from Brazil. The last two are attributed to Auguste Saint-Hilaire's researches, the first three are probably based on Natterer's specimens. (1830.) Kittlitz, in his article on certain birds from Chili (Mem. pr. Ac. Sc. St. Petersburg), describes and figures two Chilian species, S. humicola and S. cegithaloides. (1830.) P. Z. S. p. 30, Captain King describes S. anthoides from Patagonia, (1831.) P. Max. (Beitr. z. Nat. v. Brasil. iii. p. 683 et seq.) describes the Synallaxes met with by him in S.E. Brazil. These are 1. S. cinereus ( = S. ruficapilla, VieilL) ; 2. S.pallidus, sp. opt.; 3. S. caudacutus ( = S. cinnamomea) ; and 4. S. torquatus, sp. opt. (1837.) In their " Synopsis Avium," published in the ' Magasin de Zoologie' for this year, M M . Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny publish an account of the Synallaxes obtained by the latter during his celebrated journey in South America. Fourteen species are enumerated, whereof nine are described as new. These species are again described at fuller length in the fourth volume of D'Orbigny's 'Voyage dans TAmerique Meridionale,' issued 1835-44. The following table shows the results of m y identification of D'Orbigny's Synallaxes as arranged in the last-mentioned work:- Name of D'Orb. 1. 8. dorsomacidatics 3. 8. troglodytoides 6. 8. striaticeps 7. 8. albiceps 9. 8. csgithaloides 10. S. leucocephalus 11. 8. humicola 12. 8. ruficapilla 14. 8. maximiliani 15. 8. torquatus 16. S. patagonica Page. 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 Plate. xiv. fig. 2. xiv. figs. 3, 4. xvi. fig. 1. xvi. fig. 2. xvii. fig. 1. xvii. fig. 2. XV. fig. 1. xv. fig. 2. N a m e adopted by P. L. S. Phlceocryptes mclanops. 8. maluroides. Sp. dub. 8. phryganophila. 8. cmnamomea. 8. striaticeps. 8. albiceps. Leptasthenura fidiginiceps. Lepfasthenura ceqithaloides. Sp. dub. S. orbignii. . 8. frontalis. Sp. dub. ( = frontalis ?). 8. maximiliani. S. torquata. 8. patagonica. Lafresnaye and D'Orbigny describe Lesson describes S. sordida from (1838.) Rev. Zool. p. 165. S. candcei from Cartagena. (1839.) Rev. Zool. p. 105. Chili. (1840.) In the third volume of the 'Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle' eight species of Synallaxis are included as having been met with in South America. Four are described as n e w - S major ( = Anumbius acuticaudatus), S. rufogularis ( = £. anthoides) S flavogularis (-S, sordida), and S. brunnea (=S. sordida jr ) |