Mr. P. L. Sclater on some species of Birds, 1 79 



3. Note on Buglodytes albicilius, Bp. 

 By Philip Lutley Sclater. 



Prince Bonaparte, in his "Notes Ornithologiques sur les colle<\- 

 tions rapportees par M. A. Belattrey" read before the French 

 Academy in 1853, has instituted a new genus, BuglodyteSy alhed to 

 CampylorhynchuSy Spix, and described but one species as belonging 

 to it under the title of B. albicilius. 



Having had an opportunity of examining this type (which is now 

 in the British Museum), I have to state, that I believe it to be 

 the same bird that was long ago named by Mr. Swainson *' Fur- 

 narius yriseus,*' and the type of Cabanis' genus Heleodytes. It 

 has, however, nothing to do with Furnarius^ and seems, as Prince 

 Bonaparte has remarked, intermediate between Campylorhynchus 

 and Bonacobius. These forms appear to connect the American 

 Mimince very closely with the Wrens, and to render the position of 

 the former group among the true Thrushes rather doubtful. The 

 synonymy of Buglodytes albicilius will stand as follows : — 



Furnarius griseus, Sw. An. in Men. p. 325. 



Campylorhynchus griseus, Schomb. Reise in Brit. Guiau. iii. 

 p. 674. 



Heleodytes griseus y Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 80 ; G. R. Gray, List of 

 Gen. and Subgen. p. 26, no. 404. 



Buglodytes albicilius, Bp. Notes Orn. p. 26 ; G. R. Gray, List 

 of Gen. and Subgen. p. 32, no. 499. 



My specimen of this bird is from Trinidad. Schomburgk's were 

 collected in British Guiana. The examples upon which the name 

 Buglodytes albicilius was founded were obtained by MM. Verreaux's 

 collector in the vicinity of Santa Martha, on the north coast of New 

 Grenada. 



From Trinidad also I possess a bird which seems to be the 

 Heleodytes minor of Cabanis. It is so similar to Heleodytes griseus 

 in every respect except in size, that I question whether it may not 

 be a variety of age or sex of that species. 



On some New ob Imperfectly-known Species of 

 Synallaxis. By Philip Lutley Sclater. 



1. Synallaxis ruficapilla. 



Synallaxis ruficapilla, Vieill. N. D. d'H, N. xxxii. p. 810 ; Enc. 

 Meth. p. 622 ; Gal. Ois. pi. 1 74. 



Sphenura ruficeps, Licht. Doubl, p. 42. 



Synallaxis cinereus. Max. Beitr. iii. 685. 



Synallaxis olivascens, Eyton, Cont. Orn. 1851, p. 150. 



Olivascenti-brunnea, pileo toto cum nucha, alis extus et cauda 

 rufis : striga superciliari fiavida : loris et regione auriculari 

 nigricanti-cinereis : subtus albicanti- cinerea, hypochondriis et 

 crisso brunnescentibus, ventre medio albicantiore cinereo. 



Long, tota 60, alee 2-1, caudse 30. 



Hab. Brazil. 



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