12. PJlLCEOCKYFiES. 33 



Closely allied to S. fulu/imsa, but with a white ring round the 

 eye and chiu-spot rufous : whole length 7*2 inches, wing 2-4, 

 tail 4-3. 



Ilab. Peru. 



4. Schizoeaca coryi. 

 Synallaxis coryi, Berl. Auk, 1888, p. 458. 



lA.bove deep brown, cap darker ; superciliary stripe from above 

 the eye to the sides of the neck cinnamon-rufous : beneath brownish 

 grey ; throat and middle of belly paler, whitish grey ; chin rufous. 

 (v. Berl) 



llah. Merida, Venezuela. 



Apparently distinguished by its ciuuamou-rufous postocular stripe. 



12. PHLCEOCRYPTES. 



Type. 

 Plileocryptes, Cab. et Hem. Mus. Ilein. ii. p. 26 (1859) . P. melanops. 



In Plil<xocrijptes, on the other hand, the tail is short and broadened, 

 but the stems of the rectrices are slightly stiffened. Otherwise the 

 genus is closely allied to SijnaUaxis. This is likewise a form 

 peculiar to the Patagonian Subregion. 



Key to the jSpee (Vs. 



A. Smaller : bill shorter; above lighter 1. melanops, p. 33. 



B. Larger : bill longer ; above darker 2. schcenobcenus, p. 34. 



1. PMoeocryptes melanops. 



Sylvia melanops, Tieill. Kouv. Diet. xi. p. 232 ; id. Enc. 3leth. 

 p. 434 (ex A^ara). 



Synallaxis dorsomaculatus, Lafr. et di'Orb. Syn. Av. i. p. 21 ; d'Orb. 

 Vol/. Ois. p. 237, pi. 14. figs. 1, 2 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 193 (Para- 

 guay) ; Bunn. J.f. O. 1860, p. 250 (rep. Arg.) ; Sternb. J. / O. 

 18G9, p. 267 (Bueuos Ayres). 



Oxyurus dorsomaculatus, Dane. Voy. 'Beagle,^ Zool. iii. p. 82. 



Phleocrvptes melauops, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 26; Scl. Cat. 

 A. i?.'p. 150 ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 98 (Lima), et 1867, p. 324 (Chili) ; 

 Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 63 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 526 (C. Peru) ; 

 id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 116; I}urnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 35 (Chupat), p. 179 

 (Buenos Ayres), et 1878, p. 396 (C. Patag-onia) ; JJ7iite, P. Z. S. 

 1883, p. 434 (rep. Arg.) ; Salv. Cat. Sfrickl. Coll. p. 334 ; Barrmcs, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. viii. p. 206; Berl. J.f. O. 1887, p. 119 (^Para- 

 guay) ; Scl. et Iluds. Arff. Orn. i. p. 174. 



Synallaxis melauops, £p. Con-sp. i. p. 213 ; Burm. La-Plata Reise, 

 ii. p. 470; Gai/, Faun. Chil., Ares, p. 298; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 140 (rep. Arg.). 



Above, forehead brown, crown blackish, broad superciliaries 

 buffy white ; upper half of back black, marked with a few grey 



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