Birds of Paraguay. G13 



a. $ ad. Sapucay, April 21, 1904. 



b. ? ad. „ June 2, 1904. 



c. d. S ad. „ July 1904. 



e. S ad. „ August 12, 1904. 



Bill pinkish horn-coloured, paler below ; tarsi and feet 

 pale slate-blue; iris red. 



[Resident and not uncommon in wooded districts; a 

 lively species, not at all concerned when watched, which will 

 let the observer approach closely without flying away. The 

 customs of all these birds are so much alike that it is hard 

 to decide what are peculiar to any one species. — W. F.~\ 



183. Pachysylvia pcecilotis. 



Hylophilus poecilotis Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 173. fig. 2 

 (1823: Brazil); Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. p. 308 

 (1883). 



Pachysylvia poecilotis Sharpe, Hand-list B. iv. p. 254 

 (1903) ; Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 318 (Para- 

 guay). 



Serpophaga sinnamocephala Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, 

 p. 125. 



a, b. $ ? ad. Sapucay, April 1903. 



c. S ad. Sapucay, April 30, 1904. 



Bill pinky horn-coloured above, grey below ; tarsi and 

 feet pale bluish slate-coloured ; iris brown. 



d. $ ad. Sapucay, June 6, 1904. 

 e,f. ? ad. „ July 1904. 



Although Temminck's figure is by no means a good 

 representation of the bird, there can be no doubt whatever 

 that it was intended for this species. 



The specimens sent by Mr. Foster are absolutely identical 

 with others, in the collection of the British Museum, from 

 South-east Brazil, and we are of opinion that the bird 

 described by Mr. Bertoni belongs to the present species, as 

 is suggested by Dr. Ihering. 



[This species is resident but not common throughout the 

 heavily wooded region of Central Paraguay. A quiet shy 

 bird, this may account in a way for its apparent rareness. — 

 W. F.] 



