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SYLVIAD.^:. 



Mr. Swatnson says the 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. Temm. PL Col. 227. f. 3. 



Sy. cinereo-olivaccus, iiifra griseo-cinereus ; menio albo nigroque 

 maciilato ; collo aidice nigro ; alis cauddque rufescmtihus. 



Ashy-olive Synallaxis, beneath greyisli-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. J 



Sp. 5. Sy. tecellata. Temm. PL Co/. 31 1 ./ 1. 1 



Sy. fiiscus ochraceo \mr'ius et nigricante strialus ; ventre albom 

 vertice pectoreque riifis ; lateribus crissoque ntfo-Jiavis collo 

 antice Jlavo nigro alboqne iessellato. 



Brown Synallaxis varied with ochraceous, and striped with dusky; 

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

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



Lengtji 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 



