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for the words : " Oberkopt und Nacken gratibraun." Unfortunately the types seem 

 to have been lost. (Cf. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. ii. 1889. p. 244.) 



The diagnosis of S. bitorqiiata Lafr. & D'Orb.,* however, tallies exactly with 

 Baer's specimens : cf. " capite snpra brunneo." 



101. Siptornis vulpina vulpina (Pelz.). 



SynaU'ixis vulpina Pelzeln, Sitzungsher. Ahid. Wiss. Wien {maih. naturw. CI.), xx. p. 102 (1856.— 

 " Bra-silia," sc. Rio Claro and Guardamor : Goyaz ; Villa Maria, Engenho do Cap. Gama, 

 Villa Bella : Mattogrosso ; Rio Madeira ; cf. Pelzein, Zur Orn. Bras. i. 1867. p. 37). 



No. 2368. (? imm., Rio Araguaya, August 1906.— Wing 66; tail 63; bill 

 11 J mm. 



This specimen is entirely typical, having the top of the head and upper back 

 as well as the upper tail-coverts uniform ferruginous in strong contrast to the clear 

 olive-brown rump. 



Cf. Mdn6ganx & Hellmayr, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun, xix. 19U6. pp. 75-6. 



102. Automolus leucophthalmus (Wied). 



At/abates leucophthalmus Wied, Reise Bmsil. ii. p. 141 (18:il.— Rio Illieo3, a tributary of the Rio 

 Pardo, Southern Bahia). 



No. 1891. cJ ad., Goyaz, March 1906.— Wing 89 ; taU 90 ; bill 20i mm. 

 No. 1645. ? imm., Faz. Esperan^a, December 1906.— Wing 82 ; tail 86 ; bill 

 20 mm. 



Identical with S. Paulo specimens. New to Goyaz. 



103. Philydor rufus (VieilL). 



Deiidrocopus rufus Vieillot, Nnuv. Diet. xxvi. p. 119 (1818.—" Br&il"). 



No. 1711. c? ad., Faz. Esperan(;a, January 1906.— Wing 90; tail 86; bill 

 17^ mm. 



No. 1665. ? ad., Faz. Esperan^a, December 1905.— Wing 89; tail 91 ; bill 

 18 mm. I 



Neither in colour nor in size could I detect any constant differences between 

 specimens from Rio, S. Paulo and Parand, and those from Goyaz and Mattogrosso 

 (Chapada). It is true, two S. Paulo skins are rather darker brown on the back, 

 but an adult female from Ro(,-a Nova, Serra do Mar (Parana) agrees in this 

 respect with the Rio, Goyaz and Chapada birds. 



Two adult cJ(J, S. Sebastiao, S. Paulo 

 One adult i, Tiet<^, northern S. Paulo 

 One adult (?, Ypanema, S. Paulo 

 Two adults, Rio-skins 

 One female, Ro9a Nova, Parana. 

 One adult d, Chapada, Mattogrosso . 

 One adult ? , Chapada, Mattogrosso . 



The type of Philydor ruficollis Spix,j- said to be from the interior of Bahia, 

 has much longer wings (98 mm.), but does not differ in coloration. If it represents 

 a distinct form, the birds from Goyaz and Mattogrosso are not referable to it. 



♦ Syn. Av. i. in Mag. Zool. 1837. cl. ii. p. 24 (Chiquitos, East Bolivia), 

 t ^i'. Bras. i. 1824. p. 74. tab. Ixxv. 



