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PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



Hudson writes that this species "must be exceedingly rare in Patago- 

 nia; for this pair were the only ones I saw during my sojourn in that 

 country, though I constantly sought for them in the most likely places. 

 You will observe that its affinities are with the Lininornis cnrvirostris ; in 

 note and habits it also closely resembles that bird. 



"The male and female keep together, and glean for insects about the 

 roots of reeds and giant grasses, and when approached run to their tops, 

 uttering shrill, angry notes." (P. Z. S. 1872, p. 544.) 



SiPTORNIS ANTHOIDES (King). 



Synallaxis anthoides King, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 30 (Straits of Magellan). 

 Synallaxis nifogularis Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 77, pi. 23 (1841) 

 (Valleys of Southern Patagonia). 

 Description. — Adult female, 7941 P. U. O. C, Arroyo Eke, Patagonia, 

 May 18, 1898, A. E. Colburn. Total length, 6.40 inches; wing, 2.65; 



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Fig. 390. Siplornis anthoides, cf. About two-thirds natural size. 



culmen, .50; tail, 2.76; tarsus, .88. Above coarsely streaked throughout 

 with grayish brown and black, each feather being broadly centered with black ; 

 a buffy superciliary, tail dark brown, middle pair of feathers edged with 



