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Leptoxyura cimminomea, Reichb. Handb. p. 170 ; Cab. ef Hein. Mus. 



Ilein. ii. p. 28 ; Sckiter, Cat. A. B. p. 154. 

 Synallaxis ruficauda, Vieill. N. D. xxxii. p. 310 (1819) ; id. E. M. 



p. 622 ; d'Orb. Voy., Ois. p. 240; Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. 



p. G89 ; Spiv, Av. Bras. i. p. 84, pi. 85. fig. 2 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 



p. 37 ; Bj}. Consp. i. p. 213 ; 8cl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 193 (Brazil). 

 Leptoxyura ruficauda, Reichenb. Handb. p. 170. 

 Sylvia russeola, Vieill. N. D. xi. p. 217 ; id. E. 31. p. 463. 

 Sphenura mentalis, Licht. Doubl. p. 42. 

 Synallaxis mentalis, Burm. Stjst. Ueb. iii. p. 41 ; Euler, J. f. 0. 



1867, p. 400 (nestj. 

 Synallaxis caudacutus, 3fa.v. Beiir. iii. p. G92. 



Above rusty rod ; wings externally and tail bright rufous : be- 

 neath white, with a central gular spot of pale yellow; tips of 

 reptrices projecting and rather harsh: whole length 5-5 inches, 

 wing 2-3, tail 2-6. Female similar. 



Hub. 8. America, from Colombia to Paraguay. 



I have examined skins of this bird from Bogota, Venezuela 

 {Ooering), Trinidad, Guiana, Cayenne, Ceara in N. Brazil, Bahia 

 ( Wucherer), and other localities, and believe them to be all refer- 

 able to one species. Several authors distinguish two, >S'. ciniia- 

 momea and S. ruficauda, the former having the back uniform with 

 the wings, tail, and head, and the latter the back more or less 

 fuscous, with the wings and tail rufous. But I find many inter- 

 mediate forms between these two extremes. 



a. Ad. St. Brazil. Purchased. 



6. Ad. sk. Trinidad (Gozi^fZ). Sclater Coll. 



c. (S ad. sk. Island of Mexiana, Lower Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Amazons ( Wallace). 



d. Ad. sk. Rio Tocantins ( Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 «)/• c? 2 ad. sk. Pemambuco {Forbes). Sclater Coll. 



g, h. Ad. sk. Pernambuco {Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i,j, k, I. Ad. sk. Bahia ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godmau CoU. 



m. 2 ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil {Jot/ner). 



n. Ad. sk. Corumba, Matto Grosso, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil {H. H. Smith). 



0. Ad. sk. Brazil {Natterer). Sclater Coll. 



;>. Ad. sk. Brazil. J. Gould, Esq. 



q. Ad. sk. S. Brazil. Sclater CoU. 



r. Ad. sk. Bolivia {Bridges). Eyton CoU. 



s. Ad. sk. S. America. Sclater Coll. 



t. Ad. sk. S. America. Jardiue Coll. 



22. Synallaxis mustelina. 



Sjmallaxis cinnamomea, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 37. 



Synallaxis mustelina, " Xaft. Cat. A/S.,' Pelz. I. s. e. ; Scl. P Z S 



' 1874, p. 14 : Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 127. 

 Leptoxyura cinnamomea, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 184 (Uca- 

 yali), 18G7, p. 978 (Upp. Amazons), 1873, p. 2G9 (E. Peru). 



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