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Show 1874.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE GENUS SYNALLAXIS. 9 Fusco-rufescens, pileo toto usque ad frontem et alis extus rufis cauda luridiore rufa: subtus fusca, in gutture cineraceo perfusa long, tota 6, alo? 2"7, caudce reclr. med. 2*8, ext. 0'9. Hab. Rio Napo ( Verreaux); vie. of Tarma, Western Peru (Jelski). Mus. Varsoviano. Obs. Species admodum fortis, cauda brevi graduata, colore rufo ad frontem extenso, necnon cauda luride rufa distincta. I am a little doubtful whether my skin from Zamora, Ecuador (P. Z. S. 1859, p. 192), should be referred here or to S. mcesta, as it is quite immature. Sect. b. Species pileo et alis extus rufis ; cauda fusca. 5. SYNALLAXIS SPIXI. Parulus ruficeps, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 85, pi. 86. f. 1. Synallaxis ruficapillus, Reichb. Handb. p. 158. Synallaxis spixi, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 98, et 1859, pp. 192, 196, et Cat. A. B. p. 151; Pelzeln, Sitz. Akad. Wien, xxxiv. p. 117, et Orn. Bras. p. 35 ; Reinh. Fuglef. Bras. Camp. p. 193; Burm. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 536; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 632. Synallaxis albescens, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 39 ; Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 27. Fusca : pileo usque ad frontem et alis extus rufis : subtus cinerea, ventre medio dilutiore, hypochondriis et crisso fuscescentibus long, tota 6'5, alee 2*1, caudce 3*5. Hab. Bras, merid. or. et rep. Arg. prov. S. Paulo (Natt.); Campos of Minas Geraes (Lund) ; Buenos Ayres (Hudson). This appears to be the species figured by Spix as the male of his Parulus ruficeps, whence I named it S. spixi. It is not uncommon in collections from Rio, but does not appear to go much further north. Southward it extends to the vicinity of Buenos Ayres, where Mr. Hudson has obtained specimens. 6. SYNALLAXIS ALBESCENS. Synallaxis albescens, Temm. PI. Col. 227. f. 2; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 192; Cat. A. B. p. 151; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 183, 1868, p. 167, 1869, pp. 252 & 598 ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 143 ; Pelzeln, Sitz. Akad. Wien, xxxiv. p. 118, et Orn. Br. p. 36. Synallaxis albigularis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 63, 456, and 1859, p. 192, and Cat. A. B. p. 151 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 183, 1868, p. 141, and 1873, p. 269. Fusca: pileo, nisi in fronte, alis extus et cauda rufis: subtus dilutior, gula et ventre medio albis: long, tota 6, alee 21, caudce 2*7. Hab. Veragua et inde Am. merid. usque ad remp. Arg.; Veragua (Arce) ; Bogota (Mus. P.L.S.) ; Ecuador, Zamora (Fraser) ; Venezuela (Goering); Trinidad (Mus. P.L.S.); Guiana (Mus. Berol.); Nauta and Upper Ucayali (Bartl.) ; Pebas (Hauxwell) ; Cosnipata, W . Peru (Whitely) ; S.E. and Central Brazil and Lower Amazonia (Natt.) ; Mendoza (Weisshaupt) ; Buenos Ayres (Hudson). Obs. Differt a S. spixi fronte fusca et gula albescente. |