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30. Synallaxis paucalensis. 



Synallaxis paucalensis, Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 131. 



Similar to S. jnn.rimih'ani, but without any white at the base of 

 the dorsal feathers ; wings of a different colour ; red of the belly not 

 so intense ; and lateral rectriees grey {Tacz.). 



Hah. Paucal, Peru. 



Described by Taczanowski from a specimen in spirit belonging to 

 the Raimoudi Collection. 



Sect. YI. Tail much lengthened ; back striated ; throat yellow. 



37. Synallaxis phryganophila. 



Horqueta tricolor, Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 2oo. 



Sylvia phryganophila, Vieill. Xouv. Diet. xi. p. 207 ; /(/. Enc. Meth. 

 'p. 460. 



Synallaxis phryganophila, cTOrh. Voy., Ois. p. 239; Havtl. Ind. Az. 

 p. 15 ; Bunn. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 469 ; id. J.f. O. 1860, p. 250 

 (rep. Arg.) ; Bp. Cump. i. p. 213; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 193 

 (Boliyia), et 1874, p. 17 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 152 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 

 p. 36 ; Scl. et Salv. Xomencl. p. 64 ; White, P. Z. S. 18-^2, p. (Ul 

 ^^rep. Arg.) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1885, p. 280 (Uruguay) ; Ba)'rowf', Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. CI. yiii. p. 207 (Eutrerios) ; Berl. J.f. O. 1887, p. 119 

 (Paraguay) ; Scl. et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 181. 



Synallaxis tecellata, Teinm. PI. Col. 311. fig. 1. 



Above, front brown ; crown chestnut ; superciliaries white ; sides 

 of head, neck, back, and tail fulvous brown, with broad black stria- 

 tions on the neck and back ; upper wing-coverts pale chestnut ; 

 wing-feathers blackish, edged with pale brown : beneath pale 

 fulvous ; chin yellow ; throat-patch black, with a broad white 

 border on each side ; middle of belly white : whole length S"5 inches, 

 wing 2-4, tail 4-6. 



Hah. Interior of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and ?f. Argentina. 



This well-marked species stands quite by itself as regards plumage 

 and form. The rectriees are much graduated, the small outer pair 

 measuring only 1"4 inch from the insertion. 



a, h. Ad. St. P.olivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



c. Ad.sk. Bolivia. Sclater Coll. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Bolivia [Bridges). Eyton Coll. 



Sect. VII. Tail short, blackish ; bill thickened. 



38. Synallaxis rutilans. 



Synallaxis rutilans, Tenim. PI. Col. 227. fig. 1 ; Bp. Con.ip. i. p. 213; 

 Pelz. Sitz. Akad. IVicn, xxxiv. p. 119; id. Orn. Bras. p. 36; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 193 (N. Brazil), et 1874, p. 18; Scl. et Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1807, pp. 574 (L. Amazons), 750 (E. Peru), et 1873, 

 p. 269 (E. Peru) ; lid. Nomencl. p. 64 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 26 

 (N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 132. 



Above and beneath chestnut-brown ; throat-patch black ; wing- 



