15. SIPT0RNI8. 63 



Lepto.vyura obsoleta to the present bird ; but Salvia obsoleta of the 

 Berlin Museum (whence Reichenbach's name was originally derived) 

 belongs to the following species. 



10. Siptornis striaticeps. 



Syn.illaxis striaticeps, (T Orb. et Lafr. 8yn. Av. i. p. 22 ; cTOrh. Vol/. 



Ois. p. 241, pi. 10. fig. 1 ; Gai/, Faun. Ckil., Aves, p. 291 ; Bta-m. 



La-Fluta lieise, ii, p. 469 ; id. J. f. 0. 1860, p. 250 (rep. Arg.) ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 193, 1872, p. 544 (Paraguay), 1874, p. 21 ; Sternb. 



J. f. 0. 1869, p. 2G0 (Buenos Ayres) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 64 ; 



Sdlv. Ibis, 1880, p. 358 (Buenos Ayres) ; White, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 39 



(rep. Arg.) ; Scl. et Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 182. 

 Phleocryptes striaticeps, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 18G9, p. 633 (rep. Arg.) ; 



Hudso7i, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 548 (Patagonia). 

 Sylvia (sive Synallaxis) obsoleta, 3Ius. Berol. 



Above cinereous with a brownish tinge ; cap streaked with black ; 

 superciliaries white ; wings brown ; edgings of wing-coverts and 

 whole tail rufous : beneath greyish white ; bill elongated, thin, and 

 slightly curved : whole length 5'7 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-4. Female 

 similar. 



Hah. Uruguay, Argentine Republic, and N. Patagonia. 



Many of Bridges's skins labelled " Bolivia " were really obtained 

 near Mendoza in the Argentine Republic, and probably those of this 

 bird among the number. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Ilio Negro, Patagonia {Hudson). Sclater Coll. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Rio Negro, Patagonia {Hudson). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. S ad.sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayres (7/;/r/so«). Sclater Coll. 



d. S ad.sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayres (ZTHf&oji). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. cJ ad.sk. Mendoza, Arg. Rep. ( Jl^eess/(ai<p/!). Salvm-Godman Coll. 

 /. $ ad. sk. Cosquin, Cordova, rep. Arg. Sahiu-Godman Coll. 



( Jlliite). 



a. S ad. ; h. Salta, rep. Arg. H. Durnford [0.1. 

 _ Ad.sk. 



i. Ad. sk. Bolivia ? {Bridges). Sclater CoU. 



j. Ad. sk. Bolivia ? {Bridges). Eyton Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Paysaudu, Uruguay. Alan Peel [C.l. 



I. 9 ad. sk. Uruguay. Alan Peel [C.]. 



1 1 . Siptornis rufipennis. 



Synallaxis rufipennis, Scl. et Salp. P.Z.S. 1879, p. 620 (Bolivia); 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 579. 



Above brownish cinereous ; cap fulvous, distinctly striated with 

 black ; superciliaries white ; edgings of wing-coverts and secondaries 

 and whole tail bright rufous : beneath white, flanks and crissum 

 washed with fulvous : whole length 5-6 inches, wing 2-6, tail 3. 



Hah. Bolivia. 



Distinguishable from S. striaticex>s by its distinctly striated cap 

 and the rufous edgings of the secondaries. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, BoHvia {Buck- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ley)- (Types of the species.) 



