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17. Synallaxis stictothorax. 



Svnallaxis stictothorax, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 191 (Ecuador"), et 

 1874, p. 12. pi. ii. fig. 1 ; Sd. et Salv. Nomeiicl. p. 03 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 

 1877, pp. 32:^, 751 (Peru), et 1879, p. 231 (N. Peru) ; id. Orn. 

 Per. ii. p. 12G ; Berl. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 560 (W. Ecuador). 



Synallaxis maculata, Laxcr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 180 (1872) ; Salv. 

 ' Ibis, 1874, ^. 32i. 



Above mouse-brown, rurap rufous : suj)erciliarics white ; wings 

 blackish, external margins of wing-coverts rufous ; tail blackish, 

 outer pair of rectrices and outer margins of the others rufous : 

 beneath white, flanks andcrissum cinnamomeous ; sides of neck and 

 breast marked with triaugular blackish spots : whole length 4"8 

 inches, wing 2, tail 2-3. 



Hab. Western Ecuador. 



The spotted breast at once distinguishes this species. 



a. Ad. st. Guvaquil. G. Barclay [C.]. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Guyaquil {Renuj). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Guyaquil (Jameson). JarJine Coll. 



d. Ad.sk. Puna Island, Ecuador(Fi!V^«^o??ie;:). Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



18. Synallaxis semicinerea. 



Leptoxyura semicinerea, Peichb. Handb. d. sp. Orn. p. 170, t. dxxi. 



tig. 3610 (185.3). 

 Synallaxis caniceps, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 98, et 18-59, p. 194 (Brazil). 

 Svnallaxis semicinerea, Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 12 ; Scl. et Salv. No- 

 ' mend. p. 63 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 620 (BoUviaj. 



Above chestnut-red: head slightly crested, feathers narrowed; 

 head and neck pale cinereous ; tail uniform bright chestnut : 

 beneath milky white with a cinereous tinge ; bill and feet yellowish : 

 whole length b-o inches, wing 2-4, tail 2'4. 



Hah. Brazil and Bolivia. 



19. Synallaxis scutata. 



Synallaxis scutata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p.^ 191 (Brazil), 1874, p. 13, 

 pi. ii. fig. 2 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 63. 



Above, head mouse-brown, back, wings, and tail bright rufous ; 

 superciliaries whitish : beneath pale cinnamomeous, white in the 

 middle of the belly ; large cervical spot black : whole length 5*7 

 inches, wing 2-2, tail 2"7. 



Hah. Southern BrazU. 



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