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a pretty thick growth of “sauce” or willow shoots; and against 
one of these willow shoots, six or eight inches above the water, 
is constructed an oval nest of mud and reeds, lined with a 
few feathers and hair, the opening in the side ; it is fastened 
to its support by reeds. The female lays five eggs, in colour 
uniform light blue. Common at Baradero in April. Iris 
wood-brown. 
54. Leptasthenura .egithaloides (Kittl.); Scl. et Salv. 
P. Z. S. 1869, p. 632. 
On the 2nd July of this year (1876) I saw a single bird in 
an ombo tree at Belgrano; it was busily hunting over every 
twig and leaf in a Tit-like fashion, and uttered a low piping 
note. It is the only example I have seen here; but I believe 
it not uncommon up the Parana. 
55. Synallaxis albescens, Temm.; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 
1868, p. 141. 
On the 11th July, 1876, I shot a male bird at Las Conchas. 
It frequented low bushes and reeds by the river, and was the 
only one seen. Its stomach contained small insects, chiefly 
Coleoptera. 
Upper mandible dark horn-colour, base pale flesh-colour. 
Under mandible pale flesh-colour. Legs and feet pale brown. 
Iris fulvous brown. 
56. Synallaxis stjlphurifera, Burm.; Scl. et Salv. P.Z. S. 
1869, p. 632. 
Resident, and not very uncommon in reed-beds, frequent¬ 
ing much the same places as Limnornis curvirostris. I have 
generally found several in the same locality. Iris wood- 
brown. 
57. Synallaxis maluroides, D^Orb.; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 
1868, p. 141. 
Resident but rare. Frequents beds of low reeds and thick 
“ paja ” grass in marshy places. The notes of S. sulphurifera 
and S. maluroides are much alike —cree cree , uttered in a high 
key. I have not observed this bird where the reeds grow 
more than two or three feet high; and it frequents the same 
