174 DENPROCOLAPTID^E. 



186. LOCHMIAS NEMATURA (Licht.). 



(BRAZILIAN LOCHMIAS.) 

 Lochmias nematura, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 462 (Parana). 



Description. Above clear brown, rump blackish, elongated superciliaries 

 white ; tail blackish ; beneath blackish brown, with numerous large white oval 

 spots occupying the centre of the feathers ; bill horn-colour, lower mandible 

 pale brown at the base; feet brown: whole length 5-5 inches, wing 2-8, 

 tail 2-0. 



Hob. South-east Brazil and Northern Argentina. 



Professor Burmeister met with this Brazilian species near Parana, 

 where it lives on the ground among the bushes. 



Subfam. II. SCLERUMIN^. 



187. SCLERURUS UMBRETTA (Licht.). 



(THE SPINY LEAF-SCRAPER.) 



Sclerurus caudacutus, White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 610 (Misiones). Sclerurus 

 umbretta, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 62. 



Description. Above dark brown, rump and upper tail-coverts rufous ; wing- 

 feathers blackish, glossed with dull brown ; tail black ; beneath, throat white, 

 the feathers edged with dark brown ; breast dull rufous ; belly and flanks same 

 colour as back ; under wing-coverts whitish brown ; bill and feet black : whole 

 length 7-1 inches, wing 3'6, tail 2-6. 



Hob. Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. 



White has the following note on this interesting species : <e Only two 

 of these birds were observed during my trip through Misiones. It 

 frequents the dense gloomy forests, where it busies itself in scraping 

 amongst the dead leaves ; and although it may be close at hand and the 

 rustling distinct, a quick eye is required to detect it, as its plumage is 

 of the exact colour of decaying foliage. If startled, it flies up onto the 

 trunk of the nearest tree, and there remains perfectly motionless in 

 an upright position. I never heard it utter a single note." 



Subfam. III. SYNALLAXIN^E. 



188. PHLCEOCRYPTES MELANOPS (Vieill). 



(RUSH-LOVING SPINE-TAIL.) 



Synallaxis melanops, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 470 (Mendoza). Phlceo- 

 cryptes melanops, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 63; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 179 (Buenos Ayres), et 1878, p. 396 (Central Patagonia) j Barrows, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Cl. viii. p. 206 (Bahia Blanca). 



