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Type in the Tring Museum : ^ imm., No. 1421, 29. xi. 06. 

 Procured by Mr. W. HoflPmaiins. 



Obs. In general appearance this bird resembles the female 

 of P. erythropterus (Gould), but has a much shorter tail and 

 a stronger bill. The erect feathers on the forehead and lores 

 are much longer. In P. erythropterus the whole back, in- 

 cluding the upper tail-coverts, is deep chestnut, the lores and 

 the feathering of the eyelids are chestnut-rufous, like the 

 crown ; there is no black superciliary line ; all the lower 

 surface is bright chestnut-rufous ; the upper wing-coverts 

 and inner secondaries have broad white apical margins, and 

 there is a white band across the quills. 



Synallaxis stmoni, sp. n. 



? fere ad. Intermediate between 8. g. gujanensis (Gmel.) 

 and S. albilora, Pelz. Agrees with the latter in having the 

 upper tail-coverts and inner secondaries cinnamon-rufous, 

 but the whole back is also of this colour (instead of being 

 pale brown mixed with cinnamon in the middle of the 

 mantle), the underparts are white, washed with buff on the 

 fore-neck and sides (not uniform deep ochraceous), and 

 the axillaries as well as the under wing-coverts much paler 

 ochraceous. In the two latter points the new form agrees 

 with S. g. gvjanensis, which, however, has the back and upper 

 tail-coverts earthy brown, and the inner secondaries dusky 

 narrowly edged with cinnamon. Wing 61 ; tail 73 ; bill 

 14 mm. 



Hab, Rio Araguaya, Goyaz, Brazil. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ? fere ad., No. 2370, 

 August 1906. Obtained by Mens. G. A. Baer. 



Obs. At the request of Mons. Baer, this new species is 

 named after Mons. Eugene Simon, of Paris. 



Phoethornis affinis ochraceiventris, subsp. n. 



Adult. Nearest to P. a. moorei, Lawr., but differs in having 

 the whole lower surface from the fore-neck to the under 

 tail-coverts deep ochraceous-buff (Ridgw. v. 10), and the 



