Mr. P. L. Sclater on new species of Birds* 145 



ttilutior ; gula albicantiore sect rufo lavata ; ciisso rufescente ; 



tectricibus subalaribus cum remigum intus nigricantium parte 



vicina Icete rufis: rostro nigro, gonyde pallescente ; pedibus 



nigricanti-plumbeis. 

 Long, tota 7'0, alse 3*2, caudse 3*0. 



This species is very closely allied to Tschudi's A. ochrolcemus, 

 with which it has heen identified by M. de Lafresnaye. But as I 

 have in my collection one of Tschudi's original specimens (of A. 

 ochrolcemus), I am enabled to affirm that the two birds, though much 

 resembling one another, cannot be considered as of the same species. 

 Their upper surfaces are much alike; but beneath, the present bird is 

 of a very pale ashy- brown, while A. ochrolcemus is nearly as dark 

 below as above. In A. melanopezus the bill is shorter, stouter, and 

 nearly all black, and the feet are blackish lead-colour ; in A. ochro- 

 lcemus the bill is thinner and more elongated, yellowish, with the 

 culmen horn- colour, and the feet are pale brown. 



Anabates pulvericolor. — Synallaxis pulvericolor, Lafr. MS. 



Terricolori-brunneus, inter scapulio saturatiore, subtus dilutior; 

 alls extus et cauda omnino rufis : rostro brevi, paulum incurvo, 

 albo ; pedibus robustis, plumbeis. 



Long, tota 6'2, alee 2*6, caudse 2'8 ; tarsi 0*8 ; rostri a fronte 0*5. 



A single bad specimen of this species belonging to M. de Lafres- 

 naye, and kindly lent to me by him along with other specimens 

 selected from this collection, bears the MS. name Synallaxis pulveri- 

 color. It appears, however, to me to be better placed with Ana- 

 bates, and more nearly resembles the figure given in Buffon's PI. 

 Enl. of Anabates guianensis, which is the type of the genus, than 

 anything I have yet seen. Had it been from Guiana instead of the 

 Rio Napo, I should have thought it was probably referable to that 

 long-lost species. 



It certainly is not a typical Anabates, speaking of the set of birds 

 commonly so called, the bill being shorter, straighter, and smaller 

 than in these birds generally, though not very different from that of 

 Anabates erythrophihalmus, but it is more nearly allied to Anabates 

 than to any species of Synallaxis with which I am acquainted. 



Synallaxis brunneicaudalis. — Synallaxis brunneicauda, 

 Lafr. MS. 



Supra olivaceo-brunnea, alts extus et pileo castanets, subtus 

 obscure cinerascens, lateribus olivaceo indutis : caudce rectri- 

 cibus decern, colore saturate purpurascenti~brunneis, plumarum 

 scapis nigris : tectricibus subalaribus ochraceo-fiavis : rostro 

 nigro, gonydis basi albicante : pedibus brunneis. 

 Long, tota 6*5, alse 2*4, caudoe 2*7, rostri a fronte *G, tarsi '95. 

 A fine large Synallaxis, for which I have employed M. de Lafres- 

 naye' s MS. name. The only adult specimen is in bad condition. 

 Both the examples belong to M. de Lafresnaye' s collection. 



