72 DENDEOCOLAPTIDJ?. 



on the head ; lower back not striated : l)eneath white, middle of 

 throat fnlvous: flanks and lower belly pale brown, obsoletoly 

 striped with white ; wings brownish black, with a rufous basal band 

 on the inner webs of the remiges, and with a rufous external 

 margin ; under wing-coverts cinnamomeous ; tail brownish black, 

 external rectrices varied with rufous ; bill rather long : whole 

 length 7-4 inches, wing 2-9, tail 3-8. 



Hah. Central Peru. 



Nearest to S. Jlammidata, but larger, lower back not striated, and 

 middle of the breast white. I have examined the typical specimen 

 belonging to the Warsaw Mi;seum. 



Synallaxis flammulata, Jrird. Contr. Orn. 1850, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 194, 1860, p. 76 (Ecuador), el 

 et Scilr. Nomevcl. p. 64 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 



28. Siptornis flammulata. 



1850, p. 82, pi. 56 ; Sd. 



dor),et 1874, p. 26; Sd. 



p. 64; Tacz. P.Z.S. 1874, p. 527 (C. Peru); 



id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 139 ; Bed. et Tacz. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 95 



(Ecuador). 



Synallaxis niultostriata, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 273, 1859, p. 194, et 

 1869, p. 636 (Colombia). 



Above brownish black, with long striations of cinnamomeous 

 white : front of head rufous with dense black striations ; wings 

 blackish ; edges of lesser wing-coverts and broad band along the 

 base of the remiges rufous : beneath dark brown, densely flammulated 

 with white ; throat fulvous white : tail blackish brown with rufous 

 edgings and tips ; feathers much pointed : whole length 6 inches, 

 wing 2-7, tail 3. Female similar. 



Hah. High Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



This is a well-marked species, densely striated above and below. 

 Like the preceding, it is a high-ranging Andean form. Eraser 

 obtained it at Panza, situated at an altitude of 14,000 feet on the 

 slopes of Chimborazo. 



a. Ad. sk. Andes of Quito (Jameson), Jardine Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. 5 ad. sk. Panza, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador {Buckley). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Sclater Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /, g. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Gould Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Ecuador. Purchased. 



29. Siptornis maluroides. 



Synallaxis maluroides, d'Orb. et Lafr. Si/n. Av. i. p. 42; d'Orh. Vox/., 

 Ois p. 238, pi. xiv. figs. 3, 4 ; JJartvin, Zool. Voy. ' Beaqle,' iii. 

 p. 77 ; Bj]. Consp. i. p. 213 ; Sd. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 193 (Paraguay), 

 et 1874, p. 26; Sd. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 141 (rep. Arg.) ; 

 itd. Nomend. p. 64; Durnf. Ibis. 1877, p. 180, et 1878, p. 61 

 (Buenos Ayres) ; Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. viii. p. 208 (Entre- 

 rios) ; Sd. ct Huds. Arg. Orn. i. p. 188. 



Above, front and middle of crown chestnut ; hind head, neck. 



