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on the other hand, I never saw it at all, though the last 

 species, as already mentioned, abounded there. 



10. StELGIDOPTERYX RUFICOLIilS. 



This Swallow I found common in numerous places from 

 Recife and Parahyba on the coast inland as far as Macuca. 

 It perches freely, and may be often seen along the roads and 

 railway, where there are cuttings exposed. 



Eyes brown. 



11. Dacnis cayana. 



I only rarely met with this species, once near Caxanga, and 

 another time near Recife, where I came across a small flock 

 of three or four in an old, overgrown garden some two miles 

 from Estancia ; of these only one was a full-plumaged male. 

 I also saw one or two near Parahyba. 



Irides red-brown ; beak blackish brown, with the base of 

 the mandible fleshy ; legs fleshy, the claws greyer. 



12. Dacnis plumbea. 



I only met with this bird in the garden at Estancia, and 

 there only saw it a few times. It hops about the trees and 

 bushes in a systematic sort of way, going from leaf to leaf in 

 search of small insects and other food, which it picks up off 

 the leaves. I did not observe any full-plumaged male. 



Eyes (in the female) greyish brow^n ; legs dirty flesh- 

 coloured ; beak pale fleshy, with the culmen broadly darker, 

 horny black. 



13. CCEREBA CYANEA. 



Only once did I come across this bird — a single speci- 

 men in immature plumage that I saw in the garden at 

 Estancia. 



14. Certhiola chloropyga. 



This little bird is one of the very commonest in those parts 

 of Brazil I was in, being most abundant in all the gardens 

 near Recife, and almost equally so elsewhere in the neigh- 

 bourhood of houses, though sometimes seen in the wilder 

 parts. It assiduously visits all the shrubs that may happen 

 to be in flower in any particular spot, collecting from the 



