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It also spends a good deal of its time on the ground, and 

 when there walks in a peculiar w&j, with an action that 

 somewhat reminds one of a high-stepping horse. Unfor- 

 tunately I never saw a nest of the Furnarius, nor did I hear 

 from the Brazilians any stories of it similar to those narrated 

 by Burmeister. 



65. Synallaxis frontalis. 



This bird and the next I did not distinguish on the spot, 

 so I can give no exact particulars as to the exact range of 

 the two species, which may very possibly occur together. I 

 met with these birds at all the localities I stayed at, from the 

 coast to Garanhuns, and usually they were abundant. They 

 frequent Ioav shrubs and bush-covered ground, and creep 

 about actively in the thick vegetation, singly or in pairs, 

 uttering continually a loud cry, repeated several times, sound- 

 ing like acqui, acqui. 



Irides brown ; feet dirty fleshy ; beak grey, the upper man- 

 dible, except at base, darker. . 



66. Synallaxis ALBESCENS. 



I did not at the time distinguish between this and the last 

 species, which it much resembles in habits. 

 The eyes are red-brown. 



Q7. Synallaxis cinnamomea. 



This is one of the most abundant birds in Pernambuco and 

 Parahyba, being found nearly everywhere in suitable posi- 

 tions ; that is, where the country is not densely forest- clad 

 and in the vicinity of water. It Avas very abundant in the 

 garden at Estancia, and is a very noisy bird, with a peculiar 

 loud chattering cry. A couple of males, which are larger and 

 brighter than the females, might often be seen flying after 

 and chasing each other, and in these cases a female bird was 

 usually not far off. It builds a large nest of sticks, many of 

 which are of considerable size and thickness. In Mr. Hood's 

 garden at Cabo a pair of these birds had a nest in a low bush 

 a few yards from the windows, and I used often to watch the 

 bird flying in from the garden with sticks, sometimes con- 

 siderably longer than the birds themselves, I think both 



