154 Dr. Emil A. Goeldi — Ornithological 



down to the Igarape da Roya, I obtained three young indi- 

 viduals of a small Plover^ two of Tachycineta albiventris, and 

 one oi At tic or a fas data. This lovely minute Swallow I had 

 also never seen before alive, but I recognized it easily, as I 

 remembered the description and figure in Sharpe and Wyatt's 

 'Monograph of the Hirundinidse.' Night-Herons and Sun- 

 Bitterns {Eurypyga helias) were observed, and the smaller 

 "Anii^^ [Crotophaga ani) was everywhere heard in the 

 tabocas and gardens behind the village. A boy brought us 

 four eggs of Cassicus persicus. 



Another forest, situated rather more in a westerly direc- 

 tion from the village of Counany, was visited on the 14th 

 October. Here, in a few minutes, we had discovered a fruit- 

 tree, where we noticed a continuous coming and going of 

 many good birds, small and large. Soon we shot Rham- 

 phastos €7'ythrorhynchus, the large ''Tucanodepeitobranco^^; 

 two individuals of Monasa nigra, the "Tanguru-pard''; a 

 Woodpecker new for us, Celeus elegans, similar to the Para 

 form^ C. jumana ; Tityra cay ana, and a yellow-breasted 

 " Surucua " [Trogon), this latter unfortunately in a bad state. 

 On returning home I had the great pleasure of meeting with 

 an uncommon Formicarian, of a slaty black, with a white 

 stripe over the eye [Hypocnemis leucophrys*). Every 

 morning and evening we heard in the neighbouring forests 

 the loud cry of a species of "Aracua^" {Ortalis) and the 

 singular sound of the Trumpeter-bird (Psophia). Native 

 hunters assured me that it was the " Jacamim de costas 

 cinzentas/^ i. e. Psophia crepitans, represented in Para by 

 the species with brownish wings {P. obscura) f. 



The next day we were again hunting in the vicinity 

 of " Igarape de Hollanda.^' Besides the white-breasted 



* A specimen of this has been identified for me by Mr. iSclater, and I 

 seize this opportunity to observe that I am much indebted to this orni- 

 thologist for constant help in determination and verification of materials 

 and collections made in Brazil. — E. A. G. 



t [Dr. Sharpe (B. M. C. xxxiii. p. 281) has united this species to 

 P«. viridis, but I am by no means convinced that this is correct, — 

 P L. S.] 



