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209. Arremon polionotus. 



Arremon polionotus Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 488 (1850 : 

 Corrientes) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 278; Ber- 

 lepsch, J. £. O. 1887, p. 115 (Paraguay) ; Ihering, Re vista 

 Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 320 (Paraguay); Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. 

 xiii. p. 311 (1906). 



Arremon callistus Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 xiv. p. 188 (1901: Sapucay); id. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxv. 

 p. 145 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-list B. v. p. 334 (1909). 



Arremon polionotus polionotus Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xiii. 

 p. 311 (1906: Paraguay). 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, August 18, 1904. 



Bill blackish above, deep orange-red below ; tarsi and feet 

 pale brown ; iris brown. 



According to Mr. Foster, this is a very rare bird at 

 Sapucay. 



210. Cissopis MAJOR. 



Cissopis major Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 144 (1851 : Brazil) ; 

 Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 300; Berlepsch, J. £. O. 

 1887, p. .130 (Paraguay); Ihering, Eevista Mus. Paulista, 

 vi. p. 320 (Paraguay); Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 xxxv. p. 594 (1908). 



Brachyrhamphus elegans Bertoni, Aves Nuev. Paraguay, 

 p. 46 (1901). 



a, b. $ ? ad. Sapucay, July 21, 1904. 



Bill and feet black ; iris golden yellow. 



The individuals received from Paraguay are quite similar 

 to examples of Cissopis major Cabanis. I have, therefore, 

 followed Dr. Ihering and Mr. C. W. Richmond in uniting the 

 Brachyrhamphus elegans of Bertoni with the present species. 



[A very rare bird with us here. I have only met with 

 it twice during my stay in Paraguay. — IV. F.~] 



211. GUIRACA CYANEA. 



Loxia cyanea Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 303 (1766). 



Pico grueso azulejo Azara, Apunt. i. p. 438. no. cxviii. 

 (1802). 



Guiraca cyanea Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 115 (Paraguay) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 71 (1888). 



