| OCR Text |
Show 446 MR. SCLATER ON N E W SPECIES OF SYNALLAXIS. [June 16, blackish freckles. There is a pale superciliary stripe, but very indistinct. The wings externally and the tail are of a nearly uniform darkish rufous, with the exception of the apical portion of the inner webs of the two middle pairs of rectrices, which are blackish. 2. SYNALLAXIS GRAMINICOLA, sp. nov. (Plate LVIII. fig. 2.) Synallaxis graminicola, Jelski, M S . Supra fusca nigro striata; subtus pallide fulva, macula gula quadrata rufa : remigibus omnibus rufo-castaneis, secundariis dorso proximis et ceterorum parte apicali fusco-nigris; alarum tectricibus extus fulvescenti-rufis ,• subalaribus et remigum marginibus internis pure rufis: cauda rectricibus tribus utrinque externis castaneis, ceteris pracipue in pogonio externo fusco variegatis, mediis duabus acuminatis et in utroque pogonio fuscis; rectricum omnium scapis nigris: rostro corylino, mandibula inferiore ad basin albicante,pedibus carneis : long, tota 6-8, ala 2'9, cauda rectr. med. 3'5, ext. 2. Hab. Junin, Central Peru (Jelski). Mus. Varsoviano. Obs. Sp. S. wyatti, ex Columbia, affinis, sed macula guise rufa, pectore fulvo et alis caudaque longioribus distinguenda. This is certainly a close ally of S. wyatti, established in 1870 upon a single skin obtained by M r . Wyatt on the Paramo of Pamplona, in Columbia, but appears to be a larger, finer bird, of a nearly uniform rich cinnamomeous below, and with a distinct red gular spot as in S. anthoides. 3. SYNALLAXIS VIRGATA, sp. nov. Synallaxis virgata 1, Jelski, M S . Supra fusca nigro variegata et a fronte usque ad dorsum medium striis longitudinalibus albis in capite rufescentibus ornata; subtus alba, gula media fiavicanti-rufa; hypchondriis et ventre imo pallide fuscis, albo obsolete striolatis: alis fusco-nigris ; remigibus in pogonio interno ad basin rufis, necnon extus rufo limbatis; subalaribus cinnamomeo-rufis : cauda fusco-nigra remigibus externis rufescente variegatis : rostro elongato carulescenti-corneo; pedibus obscure plumbeis: long, tota 7 4, ala 2-9, cauda rectr. med. 3'8, ext. 2'0, rostri a rictu 0'85. Hab. Junin, Central Peru (Jelski). Mus. Varsoviano. Obs. Proxima S. fiammulata, sed crassitie majore, dorso inferiore non striato et pectore medio albo diversa. This larger form of S. fiammulata is readily distinguishable by the points above mentioned, and is, as far as I can tell from the single specimen obtained by M . Jelski, an excellent species. Adding, then, three species to those previously sent by M . Jelski, we find that no less than ten Synallaxes occur in this district of Peru, namely:- 1. S. frontalis, syn. of Synallaxes, antea, p. 8. 2. S. brunneicauda, antea, p. 8. |
