BIRDS. 51 



2. Pachyramphus minimus. 



Pacliyrhj-nclius minimus, Gould. MS. 

 Plate XV. 

 P. ntfo brunneus ; capite guttureque hnmneo-7iigris ; plumarum basibus ulbis ; alts 

 cauddque brunneis, plumis flavescenti-albo marginatis ; colli lateribus, fascia 

 pectorali hypochondriisque fulvis ; jugulo ventreque pallidi flavescentibus. 

 Long. tot. S-^77 ; ala\ \\% ; cauda, \-^; tarsi, -f^; rost. -fy. 



Crown of the head, sides of the face and throat blackish brown, each feather 

 white at the base; back of the neck black, and upper tail coverts rufous 

 brown ; wings and tail dark brown, each feather margined with sandy white ; 

 sides of the neck, under surface of the shoulder, band across the chest and 

 flanks reddish fawn colour ; lower part of the throat, and centre of the abdo- 

 men very pale buff; bill and feet blackish brown. 

 Habitat, Monte Video, (November). 



Sub-Fam.— FLUVICOLIN-^, Swain. 

 Alfxturus guirayetupa. Vieill. Diet. 



Muscicapa psalura, Temm., PI. Col. t. 286 and 296. 



risoria, Vieill., Gal. des Ois. PI. 131. 



Yetapa psalura, Less., Tr. d'Orn. i. p. 387. 

 Le Guirayetupa, Azara, No. 226. 



This bird is not uncommon on the open grassy country near iVIaldonado on the 

 banks of the Plata. It sits generally on the top of a thistle ; from which it makes 

 short flights and catches its prey in the air. The two long feathers in its tail 

 appear quite useless to it. It sometimes feeds on the ground. In the stomach 

 of one which I opened there was a spider (Lt/cosa), and some Coleoptera. 



1. LiCHENOPS PERSPICILLATUS. G. R. Gray. 



Sylvia perspiclllata, Gmel. 



CEnantbe perspiclllata, Vieill. 



Ada Commersoni, Less. 



Perspicilla leucoptera, Sicains., Nat. Libr. -\. Flyc. p. 10 j, PI. 9. 



Fhniola perspiclllata, D'Orh. Sf Lafr., Mag. do Zool. 1 837, p. 5.9. 



Le Clignot ou Liclienops, Conim., Sundev. 



Le Bee d'argent, Azara, No. 228. 



This bird belongs to the sub genus, Perspicilla, of Mr. Swainson ; but as Mr. 



