40 DENDEOCOLAPTID^. 



Synallaxis elegcms, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, pp. 25, 98, et 1859, 

 pp. 141, 19i> (wee Lesson) ; Pelzeln, Sitz. Akad. Wien, xxxiv. 

 p. 117. 



Syuallaxis ?, Sclaicr, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 553. 



Synallaxis elegantior, Sclater, Cat. A. B. p. 151 (1862). 



Synallaxis fruticicola, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 670, 1880, p. 200, et 

 1882, p. 26 (N. Teru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 123 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 579; Bert, et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 560 (W. Ecuador). 



Above brown ; front brown ; cap, wings, and tail bright rufous : 

 beneath cinereous, middle of belly white ; crissum and flanks tinged 

 Avith rufous : whole length 6 inches, wing 2-2, tail 3-2. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. South America, from Colombia to Argentina. 



After examining a large number of specimens of this form from 

 different localities, I have come to the conclusion to unite them 

 under v. Pelzeln's appropriate name. My term eJegans was the 

 first given, founded upon Bogota skins, but it was changed to 

 elegantior in 1862, on account of there being a Si/nalla.vis elerjans of 

 Lesson. In the meantime, however, v. Pelzeln had bestowed the 

 term frontalis upon Brazilian specimens. 



Amongst the skins from the Jardin des Plantes which I have 

 examined, I find one of d'Orbigny's (Valle Grande, 1834), agreeing 

 sufficiently well with the characters assigned to his S. azarce. The 

 diflerences are, however, in my opinion hardly sufficient to warrant 

 specific distinction from the present species. 



a. Ad. ; b. Jr. sk. Interior of Colombia. Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of S. elegans and S. elefiantior, Scl.) 



d, e. Jr. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



f. Ad. ; (/. Jr. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. Ad. ; /,_/. Jr. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



k. S ad. sk. Betiro, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(^Salmon). 

 /. c? ad. sk. Santa Elena, U. S.C. (iSa^- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mon). 

 VI. Ad. ; 72. Jr. sk. Santa Elena, U. S. C. T. K. Salmon [C.]. 



0. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Pasto, Ecuador Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Le/i7?ian7i). 

 p. Ad. sk. Pallatauga, Ecuador Sclater Coll. 



(Fi-aser). 

 q. Ad. sk. Pallatanga, Ecuador. L. Eraser [C.]. 



r. Ad. sk. Matos, Ecuador (Frase7-). Sclater Coll. 



8, Ad. sk. Vicinity of Quito, Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



t. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Quito, Ecuador. J. Gould, Esq. 



?/.. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador (Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



V. Ad. sk. Sta. Bita, Ecuador {Vil- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



lago7nez'). 

 to. Jr.sk. Mongi, Ecuador (J?i(eA-/?y). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



X. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



y. tS ad. sk. Cavandeled, Ecuador Sclater Coll. 



(Stolzvumn). 



(Authentic specimen of S. fruticicola.) 



