a. Ornith. [ad. mod.L. Synallaxinæ pl., f. Synallaxis (Vieillot, 1819), name of the typical genus: see -INE1.] Belonging to the subfamily Synallaxinæ of dendrocolaptine birds, found in tropical America, in habits and appearance resembling tree-creepers.

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1862.  Wood, Illustr. Nat. Hist., II. 260. The Synallaxine birds are generally found upon the trees, which they traverse with great rapidity in search of the various insects on which they feed.

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1888.  P. L. Sclater, Argentine Ornith., I. 195. Nor has it the restless manner of most Synallaxine birds.

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