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Mr. H. Durnford^s Notes on the 
Iris wood-brown; beak blacky under mandible slate-colour. 
Upper surface of legs and feet dark horn-colour^ under sur¬ 
face lighter. 
*Phl(eocryptes melanops. 
Resident. Common in reed-beds along the valleys of the 
Sengelen and by the lakes. 
Leptasthenura ^githaloides. 
Resident. Commonly observed amongst bushes through¬ 
out our journey. 
Iris wood-brown; beak dark horn-colour, base of under 
mandible lightest; legs, feet, and claws black, under surface 
grey. 
*Synallaxis hudsoni. 
Seen twice during our expedition—at the mouth of the 
Sengel, and again in the valley of that river. 
*Synallaxis sordida. 
Resident. Pretty commonly observed during our journey, 
frequenting bushes. 
Iris wood-brown; beak, legs, and feet dark horn-colour, 
under mandible and under surface of legs and feet lighter. 
*IIOMORUS GUTTURALIS. 
Resident, but rare. Seen occasionally in the hills during 
our journey. 
*Stenopsis bipasciata. 
Resident. Seen on the I4th, and again on the 28th No¬ 
vember, on the hills bordering the Sengelen. Whilst camp¬ 
ing at Tombo Point one kept flying round our fire at night. 
*CoNURUS PATAGONUS. 
Only seen at Chupat in the spring and summer. I observed 
a flock on the steep banks of the Sengel in November. 
Otus brachyotus. 
Resident, but not common. Seen near Tombo Point in 
December. 
