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Show 16 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE GENUS SYNALLAXIS. [Ji 25. SYNALLAXIS TERRESTRIS. Synallaxis terrestris, Jard. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xix. p. 80 (1847); Bp. Consp. p. 213; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 192; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 167. Obscure ferruginea : subtus magis brunnescens : gutture albo : pec-tore et ventre medio albis fusco fiammulatis : long, tota 5*8, alaz 2'2, caudce 2*5. Hab. Tobago (Kirk); Venezuela (Goering). Obs. Sp. gutture albo et pectore flammulato a prsecedente forsan vix distincta. 26. SYNALLAXIS GULARIS. Synallaxis gularis, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 29; Bp. Consp. p. 213; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 141, 1859, p. 192, and 1860, p. 89; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 781. Cinnamomea, cauda rufa : fronte et superciliis albis : subtus dilutior (interdum cinerascens), gula alba : long, tota 5, alee 2*4, caudce 2. Hab. Venezuela, Columbia int. et iEquatoria. Three skins of this bird now before m e from Bogota collections have the under surface more or less cinereous, whereas in two Ecuador skins (and in others I have seen) the under plumage is cin-namomeous, rather paler than the back. But a fourth Bogota skin resembles the Ecuadorian form; and even if the localities favoured the idea of separation, the difference would hardly be sufficient, in m y opinion, for specific distinction. 27. SYNALLAXIS FULIGINOSA. Synallaxis fuliginosa, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 290 ; Bp. Consp. p. 213; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 141, 1856, p. 26, and 1859, p. 192. Supra brunnea : superciliis et corpore subtus cinereis : mento albo : cauda elongata, rectricibus rigidiusculis, gracilibus, harum po-goniis angustis et tenuibus: long, tota 6'8, alee 2*5, caudce 4. Hab. Columbia int. This Synallaxis is only met with in Bogota collections. It is remarkable for its long tail, composed of narrowly webbed and rather stiffened rectrices. 28. SYNALLAXIS PALPEBRALIS. Schizoeaca palpebralis, Cab. J. f. O. 1873, p. 319. Supra obscure rufa : annulo oculari lato albo: subtus cinerea, lateribus et crisso fuscescentioribus: macula gulari rufa : caudce rectricibus duodecim, rigidiusculis e plumis filament o sis compositis long, tota 7*2, alee 2*4, caudce rectr. med. 4*3, ext. 1. Hab. Peruvia occ, Maraynioc (Jelski). Mus. Varsoviano. Obs. Proxima S. fuliginosce ex Columbia, et cauda simili sed annulo oculari albo et macula gulari diversa. |