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DENDROCOLAPTIDJi. 



the tail are of a nearly uniform darkish rufous, with the exception 

 of the apical portion of the inner webs of the two middle pairs of 

 rectrices, which are blackish. 

 Hah. Peru. 



20. Siptornis sordida. 



Syuallaxis sordida, Less. Rev. Zool. 1830, p. 105 ; Bp. Cons]). i. p. 213 ; 

 SclcUer, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 193, et 1807, p. 324 (Chili), 1872, p. 543 

 (Patagoaia), et 1874, p. 23; id. Cat. A.B. p. 153; Scl. et Sal v. 

 Nometicl. p. 64 ; Dtirnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 35 (Cluipat), et 1878, p. 61 

 (Buenos Ayres), p. 396 (Patagonia) ; White, 1\ Z. S. 1883, p. 39 

 (rep. Arg.); Gibson, Ibis, 1885, p. 281 (Uruguay) ; Scl. et Huds. 

 An/. Orn. i. p. 184. 



Synailaxis flavigularis, Gould, Voy. 'Beagle,^ Zool. iii. p. 78, pi. 24 ; 

 Fh. et Landb. An. Univ. Chil. xxxi. p. 252 ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1844, 

 p. 157 (Chili) ; Biirm. J. f. O. 1860, p. 250 (rep. Arg.). 



"Synailaxis rufa, Landb. MS.," Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 324. _ 



Synailaxis brunnea, Gould, Voy. ' Beagle,'' Zool. iii. p. 78 (jr.). 



Above cineraceous brown ; wings blackish, with the basal half of 

 the inner remiges fulvous : beneath pale cinereous, with an ochra- 

 ceous tinge, middle of belly whitish, guttural spot fulvous ; three 

 outer pairs of tail-feathers wholly rufous, next pair slightly tipped 

 with rufous, two central pairs blackish : whole length 6 inches, 

 wing 2'3, tail 3. Female similar. Young without the gular spot. 



Hah. Chili, Argentina, and Patagonia. 



The wholly rufous colour of the three outer pairs of tail-feathers 

 at once distinguishes this species from 8. modesta, with which it is 

 often confounded. 



a, b. Ad. St. Chili. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Chili {Leyhold). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Chili. W. W. Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. ChiH {Feed). Sclater Coll. 



f. Jr. sk. Chili. Sclater Coll. 

 V/. 2 ad. sk. Cordova, Arg. Eep.(TF/((Y(0. Sclater Coll. 

 h. cJ ad. sk. Mendoza,Arg. Iiep.(TF'f2'«s- Sclater Coll. 



haupt). 



i. (S ad. sk. Buenos Ayres {Hudson). Sclater Coll. 



j. S ad. sk. Rio Negro, Patagonia. W. XL Hudson [C.]. 



k. cJ ad. sk. Rio Negro, Patagonia (-ffwc?- Sclater Coll. 



son). 



I. 2 ad. sk. Rio Negro, Patagonia (2r?«fZ- Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



son). 



m. Ad. st. Port Desire, Patagonia. C. Darwin [C.]. (Type of 



S. brunnea.) 



n. (S ad. ; o, Chupat, Patagonia. H. Durnford [C.]. 



}). Jr. sk. 



q. Jr. sk. Santa Cruz, Patagonia. C. Darwin, Esq. [C.]. 



r. Ad. sk. Uruguay. Alan Peel [C.]. 



