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17. Belonopterus cayennensis. 



Terutero 6 Teteu Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 264.. no. ccclxxxvi. 

 (1805). 



Vanellus cayanensis (Gm.), Vicill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 x\xv. p. 206 (1819); Haiti. Ind. Azara, p. 24. no. 386 

 (1847) ; Berlepseh, J. f. O. 1887, p. 125 (Paraguay). 



Belonopterus cayennensis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 163 (1896); Oates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 14 (1902); 

 Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 343. 



Two clutches of eggs sent by Mr. Foster were collected 

 in October. The ground-colour is ochraceous buff", spotted 

 and blotched with black and chestnut-brown, with underlying 

 spots of greyish purple. The measurements are : axis 175 

 to 1*9 inches ; diameter 1*25 to 1*3. 



[Owing to the great difference between Argentine and 

 Paraguayan territory, the Teru Teru is by no means abundant, 

 and in tbe neighbourhood of Sapucay is quite a rare bird. The 

 wide level camp-lands of the south give place to smaller 

 patches of open lands here, and the high rank grasses make 

 it no fit place for a runner such as the Teru Teru. It can 

 still be met with sparingly in swampy districts, but in the 

 wooded parts which are general throughout Central Paraguay, 

 its call is but seldom heard. — IV. F.~\ 



18. Helodromas solitarius. 



Chorlito pardo menor Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 315. no. cccc. 

 (1805). 



Tiinga sulitaria Wils. Amer. Orn. vii. p. 53, pi. 58. fig. 3 

 (1813). 



Totanus punctatus Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vi. p. 411 

 (1816, ex Azara). 



Totanus solitarius Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 37 

 (Pilcomayo). 



Helodromas solitarius Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 444; Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 343. 



a. S ad. Sapucay, August 26, 1904. 



[This species is apparently resident throughout the swampy 

 parts of the country, and can generally be met with, although 



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