482 Dr. E. A. Gocldi — Ornithological Results 



from left to right. In the shady gallery under the house 

 I captured a living specimen of Pipra auricapilla, $ , a 

 charming black-and-crimson-headed little bird, which had 

 ventured to visit this spot. 



On June 23rd our steam-launch, the ' Onclina/ arrived 

 at night, too late to depart till next day. 



From the 2 1th to the 30th of June we were steaming up the 

 river on board our strong and comfortable launch, stopping 

 only during part of the night, when complete darkness did 

 not permit our going forward without risk. The first 

 day we arrived at Sitio Sao Luiz, the private property of 

 Major Ayres, our guide; the second at " Cupijo-tapera/' an 

 old settlement of Tembe Indians, now abandoned. In my 

 notebook I find the following entries referring to ornitho- 

 logical observations made on board : — Tachycineta albiventris, 

 Arclea virescens, Calidris arenaria, Urubitinga zonura, Milvago 

 chimachima, Cathartes urubu, Ceryle torquata and C. ame- 

 ricaiui, Crotophaga major, Chelidoptera tenebrosa, and Cabinet 

 moschata. 



Though we had already passed out of the zone of civilized 

 men and entered far into the district inhabited by half- 

 civilized Indians only, the richness of bird-life, both in 

 species and individuals, was at first not very great, but 

 increased almost imperceptibly from day to day. I may 

 explain that the Lower Capim, inhabited by a white and 

 coloured population, is divided from the true Indian district 

 of the headwaters by a wide space absolutely devoid of human 

 residents, though it was thinly populated up to some twenty 

 or thirty years ago by Tembe and Turyuara Indians. 

 Their abandoned settlements, called " taperas/' are easily 

 recognised by the clearings in the high forest, now occupied 

 by shrubs and low trees, and produce a very melancholy 

 impression on the mind of the visitor. 



The constant occurrence of extensive " taperas " enables us 

 to see that the avifauna has not yet become again equal 

 in richness to that of the virgin forest. Two forms 

 of bird-life prove this immediately by their striking 

 frequency — Chelidoptera teuebrosa, the quiet and melancholy 



