332 Mr. C. W. Wyatt on the 



98. Sayornis cineracea. 



The habits and note of this little bird are very peculiar. It was 

 not uncommon by the stream at Ocana and other streams in the 

 neighbourhood. We also met with it in the Cocuta valley^ but 

 never by any of the streams in the forest. Its clear ringing note 

 is very striking ; and wlien we first heard it we were much puz- 

 zled as to the cause of it, being unable to find the bird. When 

 seen on the ground it looks like a short Wagtail. We generally 

 saw it by the water's edge, or sitting on a stone in the middle 

 of the stream. We saw it occasionally, however, in the bushes 

 overhanging the stream. Iris dark brown. 



99. Fluvicola pica. 



We often saw this species sitting on the reeds at the Lake of 

 Paturia. 



100. Arundinicola leucocephala. 

 Lake of Paturia and Cienaga. 



101. COPURUS LEUCONOTUS. 



Inhabits the lower part of the mountains between Bucara- 

 manga and the Magdalena, also the Magdalena valley. We 

 shot it at Naranjo, Range upwards 3000 feet. 



• 102. TODIROSTRUM CINEREUM. 



This little bird we first met with in the Cocuta valley, where 

 it was not uncommon. We afterwards found a pair nesting 

 near San Nicolas when we were there in March. The nest, 

 which was not quite finished, was suspended from a bush about 

 six feet from the ground. The entrance was at the side, and 

 there seemed to be hardly any cavity to keep the eggs in. Al- 

 titude 3000-5000 feet. Iris white. 



103. Hapalocercus meloryphus. 



Not uncommon among the scrub on the savanna of Bucara- 

 manga. 



104. Serpophaga cinerea. 



We saw several of these little birds by a stream near Canuto, 

 running along by the water's edge like Wagtails, and hawking 

 for flies from the neighbouring hushes. 



