15. SIVTOENIS. 71 



largely termiDatecl with pale rufous : whole length 7*5 inches, wing 

 3-3, tail 3"o. Female similar. 



Hah. Uruguay and Argentina. 



This is a larger form of S. aiithoides, and similarly coloured above. 

 It seems distinct, with its yellow throat and cinnamomeous under- 

 surface. 



«. Ad. sk. Uniguay. Sclater Coll. 



h. J ad. sk. Oouchitas, Buenos Ayres {Hudson}. Sclater Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 

 c,d. Ad. sk. Ajo, Buenos Ayres (Gibson). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



e. cS ad. sk. Cordova, Arg. Rep. (Doerinff). Sclater Coll. 



(Authentic specimen of -S'. sclaferi.) 



25. Siptomis graminicola. 



Synallaxis ■rramiuicola, Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 446, pi. Iviii. fig. 2 

 (C. Peru); Tacz. 1'. Z. S. 1874, p. G27 (C. Peru); id. Orn. Per. 

 ii. p. 140. 



This is certainly a close ally of 8. wyatti, but appears to be a 

 larger, finer bird, of a nearly uniform rich cinnamomeous beneath, and 

 with a distinct red gular spot as in >S'. antlioides. I have examined 

 the type iu the Warsaw Museum. 



Hah. Peru. 



26. Siptomis wyatti. 



Synallaxis wyatti, Sd. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 840 (Colombia) ; iid. 

 Nomencl. p. 64 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 330 (Colombia) ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 25; Salv. et Godm. Ibis, 1880, 'p. 170 (Santa 

 Marta) ; Bed. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1 884, p. 299 (W. Ecuador). 



Above brown, regularly streaked with blackish ; margins of the 

 lesser wing-coverts and band at the base of the wing-feathers rufous : 

 beneath pale ochraceous, breast rather darker, feathers obsoletely 

 edged with brownish ; throat white with a slight yellowish tinge ; 

 three lateral pairs of tail-feathers rufous ; next pair blackish, edged 

 and tipped with rufous ; two central pairs blackish brown ; bill 

 rather long and straight: whole length 6 inches, wing 2, tail 1-6. 



Hah. Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. 



fl.cJad.sk. Paramo of Pamplona (7T>«). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 

 b, c. d" ad. ; d. Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2 ad. sk. U. S. C. {Simons). 



e. 2 ad. sk. Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Sclater Coll. 



U. S. C. {Simons). 



f. S ad. sk. Cechec, Ecuador {S'tolzma^in). Sclater Coll. 



27. Siptomis virgata. 



Synallaxis virgata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 446 (C. Peru) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 

 1874, p. 527 (C. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 141. 



Above brown varied with black, and down to the middle of the 

 back covered with longitudinal whitish striations, which are reddish 



