178 DENDROCOLAPTID^E. 



Description. Above pale earthy brown ; forehead and slightly crested crown 

 rufous brown ; wings blackish, edges of outer webs of all the wing-feathers and 

 basal part of the secondaries chestnut ; tail clear brown ; beneath paler, earthy 

 brown ; bill and feet horn-colour : whole length 6'0 inches, wing 2'2, tail 3'1. 



Hab. Bolivia and N. Argentina. 



This species, discovered by d'Orbigny in Bolivia, was met with by 

 White in Catamarca, " on the slopes of the hills, outside the dense 

 wood," and by Prof. Burmeister near Parana. 



191. SYNALLAXIS FRONTALIS, Pelz. 

 (BROWN- FRONTED SPINE-TAIL.) 



Synallaxis frontalis, Scl et Salv. Nomencl p. 63 ; Scl P. Z. S. 1874, p. 8 ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1880, p. 358 (Salta); White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 611 (Salta, Catamarca). 

 Synallaxis ruficapilla, cCOrb. Voy. } Ois.p. 246 (Corrientes) ; Burm. La- 

 Plata JReise, ii. p. 468 (Parana), 



Description. Above earthy brown ; cap chestnut ; front earthy brown ; wing- 

 coverts chestnut, wing-feathers olive-brown, the outer webs edged with chestnut ; 

 tail chestnut ; beneath, throat blackish, with slight whitish mottlings ; breast, 

 sides, and under tail-coverts pale earthy brown, belly brownish white ; under 

 wing-coverts fulvous ; bill and feet horn-colour : whole length 5'6 inches, wing 

 2-2, tail 3-0. 



Hab. South America, from Colombia to Argentina. 



192. SYNALLAXIS SUPERCILIOSA, Cab. 



(EYEBROWED SPINE-TAIL.) 

 Synallaxis superciliosa, Cab. J.f. O. 1883, p. 110 (Tucuinan). 



Description. Above, head on top bright chestnut, lores white, superciliaries 

 yellowish white ; sides of head, neck, and back earthy brown inclining to olive ; 

 upper wing-coverts chestnut, wing-feathers blackish, the webs of the outer 

 margins dull chestnut ; tail chestnut ; beneath, upper half of throat white, 

 lower half black tipped with white ; breast and belly brownish white ; flanks 

 and under tail-coverts pale earthy brown ; under wing-coverts fulvous ; bill and 

 feet horn-colour : whole length 7'0 inches, wing 2-0, tail 3-5. 



Hab. Tucuman. 



This Spine-tail, so far as we know at present, is peculiar to Tucuman, 

 where it was discovered by Herr Schulz. 



