in North-eastern Brazil. 329 



villages in the early morning, carolling. For its notes it is, 

 I think, on the whole the best singing-bird I heard whilst in 

 Brazil. 



Eyes brown ; feet flesh-coloured, 



6. Basileuterus auricapillus (Sw.)*. 



I shot a single female specimen of this bird, the only one 

 I saw, in the depths of some high forest near Quipapa. 



7. Cyclorhis albiventris. 



I found this curious bird rather common nearly all over 

 the country I visited, though nowhere abundant. It is found 

 amongst the vegetation of the more open parts, usually singly, 

 and seems to be a very quiet bird, hopping about from leaf 

 to leaf of the bush or tree it is in, and not uttering any cry ; 

 at least I never remarked any. 



The irides are beautiful bright orange-yellow; the strangely 

 shaped bill has the upper mandible dark flesh-coloured, the 

 lower pale bluish slate. The feet are pale dirty fleshy. 



8. HiRUNDO leucorrhoa. 



This Swallow I found very common in Recife, where it 

 might be seen flying about in numbers in some of the streets, 

 as well as over the rivers which separate the various parts of 

 the town. I also observed it at Parahyba; but in the interior 

 it seems to disappear, and be replaced by the Atticora next 

 mentioned. 



-+- 9. Atticora cyanoleuca. 



I did not bring home any specimens of this Swallow, the 

 only one I shot having been too much damaged to skin ; I 

 have, however, little doubt that this is the species I met with, 

 as I continually saw it in numbers, and Avas able to examine 

 it often through my field-glasses. It was v^ry abundant at 

 Cabo, and might be seen there sitting in numbers, particu- 

 larly in the morning, on the telegraph-wires of the railway 

 opposite Mr. Hood's house ; I also saw it at Parahyba and 

 Garanhuns, perched on the roofs and eaves of the churches, 

 and therefore not to be shot at with impunity. In Recife, 



* Cf. Berlepscb, miUa, p. 240. 



