SYNALLAXINiE. 
It is in the warmer parts of South America that these birds reside, in bushy places on the sides of f^tbey 
They are sedentary, generally in small flocks of ten or twelve, dispersed in the neighbouring shrubs, on w ? ^ c jns 
are constantly on the move, sometimes leaping from branch to branch, or hopping about on the ground rounc 
of the thorny shrubs, which they seem to prefer to other kinds ; these they search for minute insects and seec s. 
perched, they erect their crests, and at the same time utter loudly without interruption a varied note. 
1. A. guianensis (Gmel.) Temm. P. enl. 686. f. 2. 
2. A. amaurotis Temm. PI. col. 238. f. 2. — Xenops nigrocapillus 
(Mus. Par.) Less. 
3. A. striatus Spix, Av. Bras. t. 83. f. 2. — Sphenura striolata 
Spix. 
4. A. subulatus (Spix), Av. Bras. t. 83. f. 1. 
5. A. cristatus Spix, Av. Bras. t. 84. 
6. A. gutturalis D’Orb. & Lafr. Syn.Av.pl. ii. p. 15., Voy. dans 
l’Amer. M6r. Ois. t. 55. f. 3. 
7. A. unirufus D’Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. pi. p. l6., Voy. dans 
1’Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 55. f. 1. 
8. A. leucophthalmus Pr. Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1170. — Xenops gu- 
laris Valenc. ; Sphenura sulpliurascens Licht. ; Philydor albogularis 
Spix, Av. Bras. ii. t. 74. 
9. A. erythrophthalmus Pi'. Max. Beitr. iii. p. 11 75. 
10. A. atricapilhis Pr. Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1 1 87. — Sphenura su- 
perciliaris Licit t. ; Philydor superciliaris Spix, Av. Bras. t. 73. f. 1. ; 
Xenops melanoceplialus Less. ; Anabates canivetii Less. Cent. Zool. 
t. 16. 
11. A. macrourus Pr. Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1182. — Sphenura strio- 
lata Licht. ; Anabates striolatus Temm. PI. col. 238. f. 1. 
12. A. ferruginolentus Pr. Max. Beitr. iii. 1166. 
13. A. aradoides Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1832. t. 8. 
14. A. Boissonneautii Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840. 104. ygy. 
15. A. ? squamiger D’Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. pi. ii- P’ 
dans l’Amer. Mer. Ois. t. 54. f. 2. 
16. A. gutturatus D’Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. pi. ii- P' ^ 
17. A. ruficaudatus D’Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. pi. i>- P" 
1 8. A. certhioides D'Orb. & Lafr. Syn. Av. pi. ii- P" ^ 
19. A. griseus (Less.) Tr. d’Orn. p. 31 8. 
20. A. Tufas (Less.) Tr. d’Orn. p. 318. A v ' 
21. A. poliocephalus (Licht.) — Philydor ruficollis g w0 ins. 1 
Bras. t. 75. — Anabates rufifrons Val. ; Dendroma canicep s 
Type of Dendroma Swains. (1837). 
22. A. auritus Licht. Tschudi, Faun . Peruana, p. 31 
23. A. montanus Tschudi, Faun. Peruana, p. 35. 
24. A. ochrolmmus Tschudi, Faun. Peruana, p. 3 j- 
25. A. melanorhynchus Tschudi, Faun. Peruana, P- 
26. A. striaticollis Lafr. 
27. A. ruficollaris Less. Cent. Zool. t. 36. 
28. A. leucophrus Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 93. 
29. A. suberistatus Swains. Braz. Birds, pi. 31. 
OXYRIIAMFHUS Strickl .* 
which 19 
Bill short, straight, triangular, and bare at the base, with the culmen straight to the 1 
entire and acute ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and membranous, with the opening longitudinal ^ -iff 
Wings moderate and rather pointed, with the first quill shorter than the second and third, v ^ 
the longest. Tail moderate, even, and rounded on the sides. Tarsi strong, the length of f a pd 
+r>o nnrl mvpvprl in front with broad scales. Toes moderate and stroner. with the lateral toes eq^ 
the outer one united at its base ; the hind toe rather shorter than the middle toe, and strong 
moderate, strong, and much curved. 
The typical species of this division is peculiar to Brazil ; but its habits and manners are unknov 
O .fiammiceps (Temm.) PI. col. 125. — Oxyrhynchus cristatus Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 49- 
* This genus was originally established under the name of Oxyrhynchus by M. Temminck ; 
Mr. Strickland changed it to the above. 
but, as that word was prev 
iousiy 
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