526 Mr. Charles Chubb on the 



93. Synallaxis cinnamomea russeola. 



Cinnamon Creeper Lath. Gen. Syn. i. part 2, p. 710 

 (1782: "In British Museum"). 



Certhia cinnamomea Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 480 (1788). 



Anegadizo Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 262. no. ccxxxiii. (1805). 



Sylvia russeola Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xi. p. 217 

 (1817); id. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 463 (1820: Paraguay). 



Synallaxis cinnamomea Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 15 

 (Lambare); Sclatcr, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xv. p. 50; Ihering, 

 Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 328 (Paraguay). 



Synallaxis cinnamomea russeola Hellmayr, Abhandl. Akad. 

 Wiss. Munchen, xxii. p. 630. 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, June 7, 1904. 



Bill black ; tarsi and feet dark slate-coloured ; iris whitish. 



b. S ad. Sapucay, July 30, 1904. 



94. Synallaxis phryganophila. 



Horqueta tricolor Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 255. no. cexxix. 

 (1805). 



Sylvia phryganophila Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xi. 

 p. 207 (1817: Paraguay). 



Synallaxis phryganophila Berlepsch, J.f. O. 1887, p. 119 

 (Paraguay); Sclater, Cat. B. Bfit. M us. xv. p. 57 ; Oates, 

 Cat. Birds' Eggs Brit. Mus. iii. p. 177 (1903); Ihering, 

 Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 328 (Paraguay). 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, November 17, 1902. 



b. £ juv. Sapucay, March 25, 1903. 



Upper mandible black, lower mandible, tarsi, 'and feet 

 pale greyish blue ; iris dull white. 



c. d. $ ? ad. Sapucay, June 21, 30, 1904. 

 e. $ ad. Sapucay, September 8, 1904. 



Three e^gs — pure white and unspotted — collected on 

 October 17, 1903. Measurements : axis 0-8 to 085 inch ; 

 diameter 0*6. Incubation well advanced. 



[This bird is resident, but rare. The nest is usually built 

 in a solitary tree on the open camp and is quite a large affair, 

 measuring some nine inches in diameter. It is constructed 

 of thin sticks and lined with leaves, while it is easily 



