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Dr. Emil A. Goeldi on the 



in good humour and perched near its nest it emits a song 

 like ting-ting-ivreg-wreg-gri-gri, and is, in a few words, a 

 bird not easily to be overlooked by a visitor to a Marajo 

 cattle-settlementj making itself known as well by its appear- 

 ance as by its voice. 



Mr. Sclater writes in vol. xi. of the ' Catalogue of Birds in 

 the British Museum ' (p. 361) : — '' This remarkable form has 

 been often placed with the Agelseinse. But the slightly 



Fitr. 1. 



Nest of Gymnomysiax molanictertis. 



decurved culmen and lineiform mesorhinium justify us, I 

 think, in removing it to the Icterinse, with which it agrees 

 in style of plumage, as it does also, I believe, in habits and 

 mode of nesting.^^ As I could not find anything published 

 about the mode of nesting of Gyinnomystax, and as Mr. Sclater 

 has also kindly informed me of the absence of any authentic 

 observations on the subject, 1 have made all possible efforts 

 to clear up the missing link. 



