( 332 ) 



Cajamarca, 11,000 ft.; Hnamachnco, 10,400ft.; Cajabamba, 9000 ft. (0. T. 

 Baron coll.). 



In the Tring Mnsenni tliore is a good series of this species from North aud 

 Central IVru (Barou and Kaliuow.ski coll). 



32. Synallaxis setaria Teram. = Leptasthenura setaria (Temni.) sp. opt. ! 



Sy)mlh.ri.i sihiiiit Temminck, I'l. inl. livr. 52. tab. .311 tig. 2 [November 1H24— " .lu Bri'sil dans la 

 capitainerie de S.iint Paul.— Miisi'e dc Paris "]. Cf. Mi'nc'gaux et Ilellmayr, J/e/«. Sue. liht. 

 mil. AuliiK xix. {VJM) p. G8 (crit.). 



1. Mus. Paris (monnted). Adult, lalielled as follows : " Mr. St. Hilairo, 

 Br^sil, prfes Casto, capt. de Saint Paul. Type de I'espece, PI. col. 311. lig. ~. 

 Synallaxe a filets." AViug 501 ; tail lO."") ; grad. of tail 70 ; bill 12i mm. 



2. Adnlt, labelled : "Mr. St. Hilaire, Mines, cajit. de Saint Paul, 1.^22. Type 

 de I'espece." Wing 56 ; tail 118 ; grad. of tail 90 ; bill 121 mm. 



This is a very distinct sjiecies of Leptastlicnura, and, as far as I know, tlie two 



sjiecimens are the only ones in existence ; at least, 1 never met with any other 



e.xunijile. Temmiiick's jihite gives a fairly good idea of the bird ; but tlic tail, 



although well described in the letterpress, is not correctly coloured. 



Whole top of the head blacki.sh, each feather with a sharply defined whitish 



shaft-streak ; back nuiform bright rnfous-brown, rump a little jialer. Upper 



wing-coverts and remiges blackish brown, exteriorly broadly edged with the colour 



of the back'. Bend of the wing, axillarles, and under wing-coverts pure white. 



Tail-feathers brigliter than the ujijier parts, more ferruginous, the three median 



jiairs with a blackish brown margin along the inner web. Lores and distinct 



eyeiirow white ; ear-coverts white with dark brown shaft-lines ; sides of the neck 



greyish witli indistinct whitish streaks ; throat and jngnlum white, slightly freckled 



with greyish ; middle of breast and abdomen dirty whitish, sides of body pale 



bufl'v brownish. Inner webs of the remiges edged with fawn-colour. Bill blackish, 



basal half of lower mandible yellowish white. 



The feathers of the head are somewhat elongated, so as to form a sort of 



loose crest. Tail much graduated, the central pair of rectricea strongly emargiuated 



ou the inner web, distinctly rounded at the tip, not pointed as in the other species 



of Leptasthenura, and about 28 mm. longer than the next. 



L. setaria stands quite by itself, and needs comparison only 



with L. J'uliginiceps, which also has the tail rnfous. It differs, 



however, from the latter in having the head blackish striped 



with white (instead of uniform pale brownish rnfous), the back 



bright rufous (not pale earthy brownish), a very distinct white 



eyeltrow and quite (liU'erently coloured nnder-parta. The bill is 



also mnch longer and the basal half of the under mandible 



yellowish white (in A. fiili<iiiiice/is the whole lower jaw being 



(lark horn-colour). 



,..,ji . -1 r .1 The locality ^^ Casto" is evidently meant for Castro, in the 



Middle tail-feallicr •' •' ' 



ot L. setaiia. state of Parana, a province which formed part of the State 



S. Paulo at the time Aug. St. Hilaire travelled in Soath Brazil. 



It is strange that this bird has never been met with since its discovery ; bnt 



still more remarkable is it that Katterer obtained in the state Parana another very 



distinct species, the type of wiiich has also remained unique hitherto. This is 



