70 I)ENDROCOLArTID.E. 



Sect. YI. Plumage above striated ; tail-feathers pointed. 

 Key to the Species. 



A. Crown more or less striated. 

 a. Lower plumage not striated. 



a. Outer rectrices black at tbeir bases. 



j Smaller : tliroat-spot rufous 23. anthoides, p. /O. 



I Larger : throat-spot j^ellowisli 24. Jmdsoni, p. 70. 



b'. Outer rectrices rufous. 



) Larger : beneath darker 25. graminicola, p. / 1. 



j Smaller : beneath paler 26. ^cijatti, p. 71. 



h. Lower plumage strongly striated. 



I Larger : rump not striated 27. vin/afa, p. 71. ^ 



I Smaller : rump striated 28.Jlammulata, p. 72. 



B. Crown bright rufous 29. maluroides, p. 72. 



23. Siptornis anthoides. 



Synallaxis anthoides, King, P. Z. S. 1830-31, p. 30 (Str. Magellan) ; 

 Bp. Comp. i. p. 213 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1850, pp. 193, 190, 1867, 

 p. 324 (Chili), et 1874, p. 25 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 153 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 64. 



Synallaxis rufoirularis, Gould, Voy. ' Beagle,' Zool. iii. p. 77, pi. 23 ; 

 Fram; P. 7^.S. 1843, p. 112 (Chili) ; Gay, Faun. Chil,, Aves, 

 p. 290; PJiil. et Landb. An. Univ. Chil. xxxi. p. 252. 



Sphenopyga rufigularis. Cab. et Hein. Mm. Hein. ii. p. 28. 



Above brown, striped with black ; superciliaries whitish ; wing- 

 feathers blackish, with a distinct fulvous band across the bases of 

 the inner ones : beneath pale brown, middle of throat fulvous, with 

 slight black punctures on the fore neck ; middle of belly whitish ; 

 under wing-coverts fulvous; tail blackish, outer rectrices largely 

 tipped with pale cinnamomeous : whole length G inches, wing 2-5, 

 tail 2-5. Female similar. 



Hah. Chili and Patagonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Chili (Reed). Sclater CoU. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Chili {Bridges). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Chili {Bridges). Salvin-C4odman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Valparaiso, Chili. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



f. Ad. st. Valparaiso. Purchased. 



'ff. Ad. sk. Santa Cruz, Patagonia. C. Darwin [C.]. 



h. Ad. St. Falkland Islands. C Darwin [C.]. 



24. Siptornis hudsoni. 



Swallaxis anthoides, Sel et Salv. P. Z. S. 18G8, p. 141. 



Synallaxis hudsoni, Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 25 ; Dtirnf. Ibis, 1877, 



p. 36, et 1878, p. 396 (Patagonia) ; Barrows, Bull. 'Nutt. Orn. CI. 



viii. p. 209; Scl. et Ilvds. Arc/. Orn. i. p. 186. 

 Synallaxis sclateri, Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 196 (Arg. Rep.) ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 461, et 1882) p. 579. 



Above brown, with conspicuous black shaft-stripes : beneath pale 

 ochraceous, whiter in the middle of the belly ; throat white tinged 

 with yellow ; flanks and crissum slightly streaked with black ; wings 

 brown, with a broad band of deep orange-rufous at the bases of the 

 inner primaries and secondaries ; tail brownish black, outer rectrices 



