228 SYLVIAfriE. 



JVI it. Swainson says tlie colours of this bird are 

 altogether plain : but it is remarkable for its very 

 singular nest, which is built in low trees, formed 

 externally of dried sticks, without any neatness, and 

 is usually three or four feet long, resembling at a 

 distance a thick twist of bean-stalks thrown in the 

 branches by accident : sometimes two of these nests 

 appear as if joined together, and there is an opening 

 on the side, besides one at the top. 



Sp. 4. Sy. cinerascens. Team. PL Col. 227./. 3. 



Sy. cinereo-olivaceus, hifra griseo-cinereus ; mento alio nigroque 



maculato ; collo antice nigro ; alis caudaqnc rufcsccntibus. 

 Ashy-olive Synallaxis, beneath greyish-ash ; with the chin spotted 



with black and white ; the neck black in front; the wings and 



tail reddish. 



Beak small and black : all the upper parts of the 

 plumage are ashy-olive : the wings and the tail are 

 reddish : the chin is spotted with black and white : 

 the fore part of the neck is black : all the under parts 

 of the plumage are greyish-ash : the tail is greatly 

 wedged, and the shafts of the feathers elongated. 



Sp. 5. Sy. tecellata. Team. PL Col. 311./. 1. 



Sy. Juscus ochraceo varins et nigricante stria/us ; ventre alio ; 



vertice pectoreque nifis ; lateribus crissoquc rufo-Jlavis ; collo 



antice Jlavo nigro alboque tessellato. 

 Brown Synallaxis varied with ochraccous, and striped with dusky; 



the crown and belly white; the sides and vent rufous-yellow ; 



the neck in front tessellated with yellow, black, and white. 



Length seven inches : remarkable for its various 

 colours : the fore part of the neck has four nearly 

 square spots, of which the one on the throat is fine 



