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33. Leptasthenura striolata (Pelz.). 



Si/miUoxis siriolald, (Natterer MS.) Pelzeln, Sitziiiigsher. Ahul. Wirn xx. (I80G) p. 159 [Curytiba, 

 Parand] ; idem, Zm- Oniith. Bra»il. i. (1867) p. 38. 



1. Mus. Vindob., No. 20,01U. c? ad. t'urytiiia, Parana, October 8, 182U. 

 Natterer coll. Type of Si/nalldxis striolata Pelz. Wing 54 ; tail 90 ; bill 

 10 mni. 



Top of tlie head riifoiis brown, each featlier distinctly margined with 

 blackish ; whole back paler and duller rnfcscent, den.sely covered with blackish 

 brown lougitndiual stripes, only the rump and upper tail-coverts being imiform. 

 Upper wing-coverts dusky, the lesser and the median series with indistinct 

 rul'escent edges, the greater ones more distinctly margined with brownish white. 

 Remiges dusky, margined exteriorly with pale rnfcscent. Middle pair of tail- 

 feathers entirely dark brown, the others dark brown with pale rnfons tips ; two 

 outer pairs almost entirely rufous, only the basal half of the inner web being brown. 

 Above the eye a narrow buffy superciliary streak. Cheeks and ear-coverts dark 

 brown ; sides of the neck pale sandy brownish with slight dusky mottlings. 

 Lower surface pale buff, throat faintly dotted with pale brown ; sides of the 

 body washed with light brownish. Axillaries, under wing-coverts, and a distinct 

 margin to the inner web of the remiges fawn-colour. Bill horn-brown, base of 

 the lower mandible yellowish white. 



This species is perhaps nearest to L. andicola ; but that bird has a striped 

 nnder-snrface, the back dark sepia-brown striped with white, a much broader white 

 eyebrow, ai]d no rnfons on the tail. L. jjileata has also white stripes on the back, 

 greyish white tips to the outer tail-feathers, and dillerently coloured lower parts ; 

 it agrees, liowever, with L. striolata m the yellowish basal half of the lower 

 mandible (which is wholly dusky iu L. amlicola) and in having only a narrow 

 superciliary stripe. 



According to my views, the genus Li'ptastJienura consists of the following 

 species : 



1. L. aiiijitlialoidi'S (Kittl.), ('Iiili ; N.W. Argentina: Tucuman ; S.W. Peru: 

 Islay. 



2. L. platensis Reichb.* Central and South Argentina: (Jordova, Parana, 

 Bnenos Aires. 



3. L. amlicola andicola Scl. Andes of Ecuador and Sierra Nevada de Sta 

 Marta, ( 'oloml)ia. 



4. L. andicola certliia t (Mad.) Andes of iMerida, Venezuela. 



5. L. pileata Scl. Andes of Lima, W. Peru. 



6. L. striolata (Pelz.) Curytiba, Parana, South Brazil. 



7. L. setaria (Temm.). Castro, Parana, S. Brazil. 



8. L. fuliffiuiccps fuliijiniccps (Lafr. k D'Orb.) [type ex Sicasica, Bolivia] 

 (= boliviuna Allen — type ex Bolivia !). Andes of Bolivia. 



9. L.fuliginiceps ]Mranensis Scl. Argentina: Parana, Cordova, Tucuman, etc. 

 I hope to discuss the various species of this genus on another occasion. 



* This species is quite distinct from L. ai'ijitliaUndes. I have seen a large series, 

 t SijiiarnU ccrthia Madarisz, Ann. Mm. Iliimj. i. (IIIO.')) p. HVA [San Antonio, Merida] ; Lcjttiutlienura 

 mtmliraijmis Eilcy, I'm: liinl. .V»c. W'asli. x\iii. (liios) (p. L'l'J) [San Antonio, Merida]. 



