164 Dr. Emil A. Goeldi — Ornithological 



region; during the moulting-season (''desaza") even adult 

 specimens are frequently captured by the " vaquieros," who 

 like to employ their dogs for this purpose. In the same 

 manner they obtain during the breeding-period lots of young 

 Dendrocygrta and Querquedula brasiliensis, called '^ Ananahy/' 

 as in Para and Marajo. I was informed that the " Flamingo " 

 {Phomicopterus ignipalliatus) is frequent in the marsh- and 

 lake-region of South Guyana, especially along the Cabo do 

 Norte, between the mouth of Araguary and Maraca, and that 

 it breeds there; but during my residence at Araapa I did 

 not observe a single individual. 



In the reedy borders I obtained Donacobius atricapillus, 

 here called '' Batuquira," several specimens of Himantopus 

 mexicanus, Totanus melanuleucus, T. fiavipes, and Charadrius 

 virginianus, welcome water-birds for our collection. Gulls 

 were not very numerous or represented by many different 

 species, but I brought from this locality one specimen of 

 Sterna aranea. 



In the low campos-grass behind the "" sitio " I was much 

 pleased to meet with the splendid Leistes guyanensis, with its 

 bright crimson breast-cloth; it is called "^Tem-tem do Espirito 

 santo"*^ or '^'Policia Ingleza/' alike, over all Lower Amazonia. 

 In the same place I observed the common " Vira-bosta " 

 [Molothrus atro-nitens), and the elegant and charming campos 

 Pigeon, Uropelia campestris. Zenaida maculosa was numerous 

 on the spare trees, which are low and flat-shaped, as is the 

 rule in campos-regions. We observed also Chamdspelia 

 talpacoti, Leptoptila rufaxilla, Arundinicola leucocephala, 

 Gymnomystax melanicterus, and a diurnal bird of prey, with 

 white abdomen and dark head, which was, I suppose, Tachy- 

 triorchis albicaudatus. The " Lago Grande do Amapa " is 

 certainly a splendid region for ornithology, but the difficulties 

 of life there are enormous. Returning from the lake the 

 next day, I shot, near the mouth of the lake on the " Rio dos 

 Bagres,''' two individuals of Agelceus icterocephalus, a fine 

 Icterid with black body and yellow head, which until now I 

 had met with only on the Atlantic side of Marajo, but 

 nowhere around Pard. 



