Birds of Paraguay. 575 



it. A nest was taken from a banana plantation, where it had 

 been neatly woven into one of the leaves; but even in this 

 unusual place it was not free from the parasitic birds, as two 

 eggs had been laid almost exactly resembling the eggs of the 

 legitimate owner. — W. F.] 



116. Cnipolegus stkiaticeps. 



Muscisaxicola striaticeps Lafr. et D'Orb. Syn. Av. i., Mag. 

 de Zool. 1837, p. 06 (La Paz, Bolivia). 



Cnipolegus cinereus Sclater, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 58 (Corumba, 

 Upper Paraguay) ; Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 131 ; Sclater, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 47. 



Knipolegus striaticeps Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xiii. pp. 3)8, 

 319 (1906). 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, April 25, 1903. 



Bill horn-coloured above, slaty below ; tarsi and feet 

 black ; iris red. 



117. LlCHENOPS PERSP1CILLATA. 



Motacilla perspicillata Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 969 (1788 : 

 La Plata). 



Suiriri chorreado Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 117. no. clxxxii., ? 

 (1805). 



Pico de plata Azara, t. c. p. 25. no. cexxviii., $ . 



Lichenops perspicillata Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 117 

 (Paraguay) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 48; Ihcring, 

 Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 324 (Paraguay). 



a, b. ? ad. Sapucay, May 5, 6, 1904. 



c, d. $ \e,f. ? ad. Sapucay, June 9-21, 1904. 



g. $ imm. Sapucay, July 30, 1904. 



[This species is resident and fairly common in Paraguay, 

 its favourite perch being one of the branches projecting 

 over the roads through the forest : from this point of 

 vantage it is very conspicuous to any person, the bright 

 yellow bill and fleshy circle round the eye and also the white- 

 tipped wings attracting the eye at once. It is solitary except 

 during the nesting-season, when the birds are occasionally 

 seen in company. — W. F.] 



