CHAPTER XIII 



ORNITHOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES 



By William Beehe and G. Inness Hartley 



In the course of our season's search for the young birds 

 which we required for certain problems, we came across 

 many interesting nests. Some were of unusual architec- 

 tural construction, others were remarkable because of their 

 adapti^ e form or coloring, still others possessed the distinc- 

 tion of being undescribed, quite new to man's scientific rec- 

 ord. The majority of the notes made upon all of these 

 classes have been filed awaiting publication when further 

 details and more complete information as to their method 

 of construction or reason for requiring protection, are 

 secured. 



It seems desirable to record the nests and eggs which 

 have not heretofore been described or are almost unknown, 

 especially as I am able to supplement the descriptions with 

 photographs. The species are as follows : 



Talpacoti Ground Dove Chaemepelia talpacoti (Tenuii. & Knip.) 



Red Mountain Dove Geotrygon montana (Linn.) 



White-necked Crake Porzana albicoUis Vieill. 



Cayenne Crake Creciscun virklis (P. L. S. Miill.) 



Dusky Nighthawk Caprimiihjiis nigrescens Cab. 



Guiana Tyrantlet Tyranniscua arer (Salv. & God.) 



Oily Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus oleagineus (Licht.) 



Varied Flycatcher Empidonomus varius variiis (Vieill.) 



Cinereous Bushbird ,Thamnomanes caesius glaucus Cab, 



Rufous-fronted Antcatcher Anoplops rufigula rufigula (Bodd.) 



Quadrille-bird Leucolepia miislca musico (Bodd.) 



Orange-headed Manakin Piprn aureola aureohi (I>inn.) 



Brown-breasted Pygmy 



Grosbeak Oryzoborus angolensis brevirostris (Berlepsch) 



Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris Cab. 



Black-headed Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides (Less.) 



Blue Honey-Creeper Cyanerpes cyaneus cyaneuti (Linn.) 



Moriche Oriole Icterus rhrysocephalus (Linn.) 



