The bird has a very wide range in South America, and Mr. Salmon observed its breeding-habits in Antioquia in Colombia. There also the bird varies the form of its nest, making it as large as that of an English Magpie, and roofing the top with a mass of large leaves to protect it from the heavy rains. The eggs, he says, are very pale greenish blue, nearly white; but he does not give the number.
[195.] SYNALLAXIS WHITII, Scl.
(WHITE’S SPINE-TAIL.)
Synallaxis whitii, Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 600, pl. xvii. fig. 2; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 611 (Salta).
Description.—Above dark brown, lores, and superciliaries white; wings and tail chestnut red; beneath cinnamomeous, paler on the middle of the belly; large spot in the middle of the throat black; inner margins of wing-feathers and under wing-coverts cinnamomeous; bill black, feet pale hazel: whole length 5·7 inches, wing 2·5, tail 2·6.
Hab. Northern Argentina.
White obtained a single example of this new species near Oran in November 1880. It is most nearly allied to S. scutata of Brazil.
[196.] SYNALLAXIS PHRYGANOPHILA (Vieill.).
(PRETTY-THROATED SPINE-TAIL.)
Synallaxis phryganophila, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 409 (Paraná); Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 64; Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 17; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 611 (Buenos Ayres); Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl. viii. p. 207 (Entrerios).