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Mr. F. W. Putnam, in behalf of the cauthor, presented 

 the following communication : — 



LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED BY MR. CHARLES LINDEN, NEAR 

 SANTARE.M, BRAZIL.— By J. A. Allex. 



In February, 1873, Mr. Linden left New York for Parii, Brazil, for 

 the purpose of collecting objects of Natural History. Arriving at 

 Para at the Iieigbt of the rainy season, he found the constant rains and 

 the inundated state of the country highly unfavorable for liis work, 

 and soon pu.shed on to Santarem, on the Amazon, live hnndred miles 

 west of Para. Here he found the conditions for work more favorable, 

 and adopted this point as the scene of his labors, spending. most of 

 his time here from early in April till the end of July. In June he 

 made an excursion to Khomes, sixty miles distant, where he spent a 

 few weeks, and in August passed a short time collecting at Anjos and 

 Marajo, at the mouth of the Amazon. The chief part of the collection 

 was hence made at Santarem, in tlie campos and sparsely wooded 

 region of the immediate vicinity. The notes added are those accom- 

 panying the specimens. The collection was made chiefly under the 

 auspices of tlie Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., 

 where the greater part of Mr. Linden's collection of birds still re- 

 mains. The collection embraced two hundred and fourteen speci- 

 mens, representiug one hundred and twenty-eight species. 



•'I. Turdus albiventris Spix.' 

 2. 31imus satw'nimts Ijxcht. Santarem, April 12; common. 



*/3. Donacohius alricapilla (Linn.). Santarem. 



«• 4. Vireosyliia agilis {L\c\\t.). Kiiomes"^, June 18 ; common. 



^5. Dacnis cayana (Linn.). Santarem, April 12; common. 



vG. Call iste cayana (Linn.). Santarem, April 12 and June 2; com- 

 mon in thickets. 



/ 7. Tanagra episcopus Linn. Santarem, April 12 and June G ; com- 

 mon in thickets. 



■^Q. Tanagra palmarum (Max.). Santarem, June 5; common in 

 woods and thickets. 



> 9. liamphoccelus jacapa (Linn.). Santarem, Marajo and Para; 

 corfimou. 



10. Lnnio atricapiUus (Gm.). Santarem, May 27; not common. 



11, Tachyphonus crisLata (Gra.). Santarem, May 27; in small flocks 

 in thick woods. 



iThe nomenclature mloptcil in this pnpei- is, wiili few exceptions, that of Messrs. 

 Sclater and S:ilvin's "Nonieiiclator Avium Neotrnpicnliiini." 



2A plantation so-called, mentioned iu Mr. Linden's notes as being sixty miles 

 from Santarem. 



