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Birds of Paraguay . 
Bill black above, cream-coloured below; tarsi and feet 
dark slate-coloured; iris brown. 
b, c. c? ? ad. Sapucay, July 3, 20, 1904. 
These specimens agree in every respect with others, in the 
British Museum series, from various parts of South America. 
I have, therefore, followed Dr. Ihering in placing X. argo- 
bronchus Bertoni as a synonym of the present species. 
[This peculiar little bird is rare with us. All these 
S. American Creepers are so much alike in their habits that 
little can be said about any one in particular.— W. F a ] 
103. ScLERURUS SCANSOR. 
Oxypyga scansor Menetr. Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Petersb. (6) 
i. p. 520, tab. xi. (1835 : Rio de Janeiro). 
Sclerurus umbretta (nee Lichtenstein) Berlepsch, J. f. O. 
1887, p. 132; Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 329 
(Paraguay). 
Geooecia orryctera Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, p. 79; 
cf. Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxv. p. 611 (1908). 
Sclerurus caudacutus scansor Hellm. Nov. Zool. xiv. 
p. 58 (1907). 
a . ? ad. Sapucay, March 9, 1904. 
b, c. S a d- Sapucay, July 3, 27, 1904. 
I agree with Dr. Ihering and C. W. Richmond in uniting 
Geooecia orryctera of Bertoni with the present species, as the 
specimens recorded above are identical in every respect with 
others in the National Collection from E. Brazil. 
[One of our very rare forest birds. Its habits are very 
similar to those of the Thrushes. It lives entirely upon the 
ground in the deepest and gloomiest parts of the forest. It 
is not by any means shy, and if not startled will feed close 
up to the observer.— W. F] 
104. SlTTASOMUS ERITHACUS. 
Bendrocolaptes erithacus Licht. Abh. Akad. Berl. 1820, 
p. 259, pi. i. fig. 2 ; id. Yerz. Doubl. p. 17 (1823 : San 
Paulo); Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxv.* p. 585 
(1908). 
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