10. STLVIORTHORHTNCHUS. 11. SCHIZCEACA. 31 



Similar to 0. spinicauda, but larger, bill longer : body beueath 

 smoky greyish ; edges of wing-feathers pale rufous : whole length 

 6-7 inches, wing 2-7, tail 3"2. Female like the male. 



Hab. Masafuera Island, near Juan Fernandez. 



a-f. Ad. sk. Masafuera. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ff, h. Ad. sk. Masafuera. Sclater Coll. 



10. SYLVIORTHORHYNCHUS. 



Sylviorthorhynchiis, Des Murs, Icon. Orn. tab. 45 



(1847) . . .' S. desmursi. 



Schizura, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 338 S. desmursi. 



This is one of the most remarkable forms of the family, its extra- 

 ordinary tail reminding one of the Australian Btipiturus. This 

 organ consists of six (?) stiffened and excessive]}' narrowed rectriccs, 

 of which the two middle are nearly twice as long as the body, and 

 the two external cjuite short, the two others being intermediate in 

 length. This type is restricted to Southern Chili. The tarsi are 

 long and slender. 



1. Sylviorthorhynchus desmursi. 



Sylviorthorliynchus desmursi, Gay, Faun. C'hil., Aves, p. 316, Atl. 



t. 3 ; Des Murs, Icon. Orn. livr. viii. p. 6 : Philippi, An. Univ. 



CMl. xxxi. p. 256; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 324 (Chili) ; &■/. et Salv. 



Nomencl. p. 62. 

 Schiziu-a desmursi, Cab. Miis. Hein. ii. p. 26. 

 Sylviorthorhynchus maluroides, Des Murs, Icon. Orn. t. 45 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 213. 

 Schizura maluroides, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 338. 



Above mouse-brown ; front rufous ; superciliaries white : beneath 

 pale fulvous ; tail of six rigid feathers, with very narrow decom- 

 posed barbs, middle pair much elongated, outer pair very short, 

 second pair intermediate ; bill aud feet brown : whole length 9 inches, 

 wing 2, tail 6. 



Hah. Chili, prov. Yaldivia. 



a, b. (^ 2 ^d. sk. Chili (Leghold). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Chili (Philij^pi). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Chili. Purchased. 



e. Ad.sk. Smvth's Channel, Patagonia. J. E. Harting, Esq. 



[Po- 



ll. SCHIZffiACA. „ 



Type. 

 Schizoeaca, Cab. Journ. f. 0. 1873, p. 319 S. palpebralis. 



This genus is nearly allied to Synallaxis in general form, but 

 readily recognizable by the peculiar structure of the tail-feathers, 

 which are long, vei'y thin, and slightly stiffened. Their webs are 



