﻿502 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol. lOo 



the months of March, April, May, July, and September. It was seen 

 only m singles or pairs. 



The example taken was one of a pair which were building a hanging 

 nest about 3 feet up in a small bush. 



ARUNDINICOLA LEUCOCEPHALA (Linnaeus) 



Pipra leucocephala Linnaeus, Museum Adolphi Friderici Regis . . ., vol. 2, 

 Prodr., 1764, p. 33 (locality not indicated; Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 

 1766, p. 340: Surinam). 



SPECIMEN COLLECTED 



1 cf, Cantaura, July 13, 1947; gonads enlarged; iris light brown, lower part of 

 mandible dull yellow, rest of mandible and maxilla black; gizzard contained 

 insects. 



This bird was collected on open savanna country near "moriche" 

 palms. It is in fairly fresh plumage. 



This striking species was recorded in January and July on the 

 savanna in groves of "moriche" palm. It was not common, even in 

 that habitat. 



PYROCEPHALUS RUBINUS SATURATUS Berlepsch and Hartert 



Pyrocephalus rubinus saturatus Berlepsch and Hartekt, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, 1902, 

 p. 34 (Altagracia, Rfo Orinoco, Venezuela). 



SPECIMEN collected 



Icf, Cantaura, April 13, 1946; gonads greatly enlarged; iris dark brown. 



The under wing coverts are sooty blackish in this race; the present 

 specimen has a few pinlvish feathers among them. 



The vermilion flycatcher was common on the savanna and in the 

 deciduous seasonal woods edge. It was recorded throughout the 

 year and was found nesting in April and in October; the AprU nest 

 contained young ready to fly when discovered during the first week 

 of that month. Both nests were in small trees, between 6 and 10 

 feet above ground. 



The collector recorded the bird in flight song in April, May, and 

 July and an apparent decrease in flight song during August; no men- 

 tion is made regarding other months. The bird would rise singing 

 up to perhaps 60 feet with a fluttering, mothlike flight and then 

 descend again. The song was a thin, high, but not unmusical chee, 

 drreeee, drreeee, drreeee repeated over and over This song was heard 

 at aU hours of the day and night during May, and from the sound it 

 appeared that even at night the bird was flying as it sang. The caU 

 note was a sharp zeee'p. 



Local name, "sangre de toro," blood of the bull, in reference to the 

 bright-red color. 



