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swam bravely and landed in safety. Others, collected on the bank, 
drank and bathed.” 
103. PotyBorus THARUS (Mol.). 
** Curicinga.” ‘‘ Contents of stomach, insects and maggots. Very 
common on the plains, and by no means shy ; sometimes found in 
high trees.” 
104. Urusitinea zonura (Shaw). 
Three ex. Spec. 2394, “9. Irides hazel ; bill black, with a blue 
spot at the base of the upper mandible and base of the lower man- 
dible; cere, face, gape, legs and feet yellow. Killed at the top of a 
tall tree; not shy; stomach contained fish and frogs.”’ Spec. 2422, 
«3. Bill black, with a blue spot at the base of the upper and lower 
mandible; cere greenish ; face bluish ; legs and feet yellow, with the 
exception of some blackish scales down the front of the tarsi and 
toes.” 
105. BuTEOGALLUS MERIDIONALIS. 
Six ex. Spec. 2177, “ Irides hazel ; bill black ; cere, legs and feet 
yellow : stomach contained hair and small beetles.” Spec. 2261, 
“3. Irides brownish-yellow ; upper mandible blue, with black tip,— 
lower, base blue, then yellow, tip black ; cere and gape yellow; legs 
and feet orange.’’ This bird is seen sitting on the fences, tops of 
trees, &c., and uttersa shrill cry. It is very destructive to the poultry. 
Stomach contained in one example ‘ grasshoppers and other insects,” 
in another “ hair of mammals.” 
106. SprziGERANUS UNICINCTUS (Temm.). 
One ex., ¢. “Irides reddish-hazel; bill blue, with black tip ; 
cere, face, legs and feet yellow: stomach contained grasshoppers.” 
107. HeRPETOTHERES CACHINNANS. 
One ex. “. Irides hazel; bill black; cere orange ; legs and feet 
orange : stomach contained a snake.” 
108. ASTURINA MAGNIROSTRIS. 
Several ex. 
109. ASTURINA NITIDA. 
Two ex. Spec. 2326, “dg. Irides yellow; beak black, with blue 
base ; cere, gape, legs and feet yellow: stomach contained remains 
of a snake and insects.” 
110. GERANOSPIZA CHRULESCENS (Vieill.). 
Two ex. Spec. 2159, “¢. Irides red ; upper mandible black, with 
a blue spot at the base; under mandible blue; legs and feet red: 
stomach contained grasshoppers: by no means shy ; seen feeding on 
the plains.” 
