162 Dr. Emil A. Goeldi—Ornitholoffical 



Myozetetes sulphureus, M. similis, Tanagra episcopus, and 

 RhamphocKlus jacapa. On the assahy-palms, banana-trees, 

 and siriiibas along the river sat Spermophila albigularis, 

 emitting its melodious fi-fi-fi ; one or more individuals of 

 Ostinops decumanus; and flights of always busy and chattering 

 Cassicus persicus, which had a numerous colony on a high 

 siriuba-tree near the harbour. From time to time I saw 

 -Y flocks of Brotogerys virescens, the very sociable " Periquito 

 estrella/' so common all over Lower Amazonia and Southern 

 Guyana. The bird, however, which most interested me was 

 the Pachynus brachyurus, a short-tailed and corpulent green 

 Parrot, of which a flight of some 20 individuals perched 

 (the 30th October) on a siriuba. Unfortunately I got one 

 specimen only of this species, which is not found, as I know 

 well, after nearly three years' residence, in the vicinity 

 of Para. 



In the neighbouring " anhinga," in the morning and 

 evening, often was heard the song of the " Saracura " — an 

 Aramides, probably A. chiricote — and during the hours of 

 low water there were always walking in the mud of both 

 sides of the river White Herons and Scarlet Ibises, besides 

 ( the common "^ Urubii " Vultures ( Cathartes fostens) . Among 

 I the Swallows we observed Progne chalybcBa and Progne taper a 

 in the village, and Tacky cmeta albiventris on the river. 



A highly interesting excursion was made on the 4th and 

 5th November to the " Lago Grande do Amapa " (see map, 

 p. 151). Leaving the village of Amapa in the morning on 

 board of a large boat, transformed ad hoc into an Amazonian 

 *' igarite," we entered the " Rio dos Bagres " and crossed the 

 large lake during the afternoon of the day. Scarlet Ibises, 

 Cormorants [Phalacrocorax brasiliemis) , Snake-necks [Plotus 

 anhinga^, and Herons, white and blue, were numerous along 

 the river. Remarkably frequent were two small water-birds, 

 forming clouds of thousands of individuals. One of these 

 was a small Sandpiper (I think Tringa ininutilla), the other 

 a small but very pretty Shore-Plover (certainly jEgialitis 

 semipalmata) . It will give some idea of their multitudes to 

 say that we obtained 182 individuals of these two species as 



