174 DENDROCOLAPTID^E. 



Genus SYLVIORTHORHYNCHUS, Des Murs. 



Sylviorthorhynchus desmursi, Gay. 



Sylviorthorhynchus desrnursi, Scl Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 31 (1890) ; 

 Nehrk. Cat. Eiersamml. p. 148 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 52 

 (1901). 



An egg of Des Murs's Spine-tail is of a pointed oval form, 

 moderately glossy, and white in colour. It measures -82 by '6. 



1. Chile. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PHLCEOCRYPTES, Cab. $ Heine. 



Phlceocryptes melanops (Vieill.). 

 (Plate III. fig. 14.) 



Phloeocryptes melanops, Scl. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 174 (1888) ; Scl. 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 33 (1890) ; James, New List Chilian Birds, 

 p. 4 (1892) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 201 ; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 182 ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 148 (1899) ; von Iherinq, Rev. Mus. 

 Paulista, iv. p. 242 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 52 (1901). 



The eggs of the Rush-loving Spine-tail are of a regular oval form, 

 glossy, and of a deep blue colour. They measure from '75 to *91 

 in length, and from '6 to *65 in breadth. 



4. Chile. Old Collection. 



1. Chile. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Chile (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Central Chile, Sept. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Sept. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Santiago, Chile, 3rd Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(Tristram Coll.}. 



3. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland. Esq. [C. 



3. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C, 



4. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C. 

 2. Uruguay, Dec. 0. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus LEPTASTHENURA, SeicTienb. 



Leptasthenura aegithaloides (KittL). 



Leptasthenura segithaloides, Scl. 8f Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 177 (1888) ; 

 Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 35 (1890) ; James, New List Chilian 

 Birds, p. 4 (1892) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 201 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 148 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 53 (1901). 



The eggs of the Tit-like Spine-tail are of a regular oval shape, 

 devoid of gloss, and plain white in colour. They measure from 

 65 to '72 in length, and from -52 to -5(5 in breadth. 



