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38. FURNARIUS RUFUS (Gm.). 



[A pair of this species. — P. L. S.] 



39. CiNCLODEs Fuscus (Vieill.). 

 [A single specimen. — P. L. S.] 



•^ 40. Synallaxis spixi, ScL 



Uncommon. I have found only one nest of this species 

 in these parts. This was built in a small tala-bash^ and was 

 composed of sticks and twigs, and completely covered over. 

 It contained three small greenish-white eggs. 



f- 41. Synallaxis sordida. Less. 



[A single female of this species. — P. L. S.] 



42. Phacellodomus striaticollis (d'Orb. et Lafr.). 



A resident species and very common. It chiefly frequents 

 hedges and thick bushes, where it is seen creeping about, 

 now and then uttering a peculiar sharp piping note. The 

 nest is usually placed on a projecting branch of a tala-hedge 

 or other small bush, and contains from three to five eggs. 



[This species is erroneously referred to P. ruber, in 

 'Argentine Ornithology^ (i. p. 194). Since the volume 

 was issued I have had an opportunity of examining d'Orbigny^s 

 specimens of P. ruber and P. striaticollis, and have ascertained 

 that the ordinary species of the Argentine Republic which I 

 have always supposed to be P. ruber is his P. striaticollis. 

 Mr. Hudson^s notes (Arg. Orn. i. p. 194) under P. ruber 

 therefore really refer to this species. — P. L. S.] 



-^ 43. Antrostomus parvulus (Gould). 



Migratory. Visits us in the summer, where it is fairly 

 abundant. It is seldom seen during the day except when 

 disturbed from its slumbers from under some bush or hedge. 

 I have never known it breed here. 



-f- 44, Picus MixTus, Bodd. 



By no means a common species. A few are now and then 

 seen in the woods climbing a:bout the trees in the most 

 unconcerned manner. I have never taken the eggs, but 

 have found several old nests. 



