636 MR, SCLATER ON A NEW SPECIES OF 8YNALLAXIN2. [Dec. 9, 
Mr. Hudson’s first collection contained examples of 96 species, 
his second of 14 additional species, and the present of 33 species not 
included in the two former, making altogether 143 species obtained 
by Mr. Hudson in the neighbourhood of Conchitas. 
8, On Two new Species of Synallavine. By P. L. Sctarer, 
M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Society. 
(Plate XLIX.) 
1. SYNALLAXIS CURTATA, sp. nov. (Pl. XLIX. fig. 1.) 
Fusca, subtus dilutior, alis intus nigricantibus: pileo, tectricum 
alarium et remigum marginibus eum cauda tota lete rufis: 
subalaribus et remigum marginibus internis pallide fulvo-rufis : 
rostro pallide corneo, mandibula ad basin varnea: pedibus 
fuscis: caude rectricibus duodecim valde graduatis: long. 
tota 5:0, ale 2°5, caude rectr. med. 2°3, ext. 1:2, tarsi 0°7, 
rostri a rictu ‘75. 
Had. in Nova Granada int. 
This Synallaxis, of which I possess two “ Bogota” skins, resembles 
in coloration the true S. ruficapilla, but is of the same olive-brown 
below as above, and has 12 (not 10) rectrices in its tail. It is also 
not unlike S. erythrops, but has the red colour entirely confined to 
the crown of the head. 
2. LEPTASTHENURA ANDICOLA, sp.nov. (Plate XLIX. fig. 2.) 
Supra murino-fusca, pileo nigro rufo striato: dorso toto albo 
flammulato : loris et superciliis cum mento albis : subtus dilutior 
flammulis albis frequenter variegata, hypochondriis et ventre in- 
feriore cum tectricibus subalaribus ochraceo lavatis: alis cauda- 
que fusco-nigricantibus, secundariis intus ad basin macula 
magna pallide rufa ornatis, et rectricibus quatuor externis in 
pogonio exteriore limbo albicante preditis: rostro et pedibus 
nigris: long. tota 6°6, ale 2°9, caude@ rectr. ext. 1°3, med. 
3°4, rostri a rictu 5°55. 
Hab. in Andibus reipubl. AZquatorialis (Fraser). 
A specimen of this bird was collected by Fraser, at Panza on the 
southern slope of Chimborazo in Ecuador, in January 1859, but was 
confounded by me with Synallaxis flammulata* (Jardine, Contr. Orn. 
1850, p. 82, t. 56), to which it presents a very considerable general 
resemblance, and has remained in my collection unnoticed ever since. 
It belongs, however, essentially to a different group from S. flammu- 
lata, its nearest real allies being S. egithaloides and S. fuliginiceps, 
which are peculiar for their small, short, straight beaks, slender tarsi, 
aud sharp-pointed tail of twelve rectrices—the number of rectrices 
in typical Synxallaxis being ten. S. flammulata on the other hand 
* T have recently discovered that my S. multostriata, P. Z.S. 1857, p. 273 (ex 
Bogota), = 8. flammulata, ex rep. Aiquator. 
