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41. Icterus tibialis. 



This bird I first observed at Quipapa^ where it was not 

 uncommon in the vicinity of the town, flying about in small 

 companies oi: twos and threes. I afterwards found it at 

 Macuca and GaranhunSj and saw a single specimen in the 

 garden at Cabo a few days before I sailed, though 1 did not 

 see the species at all during my previous stay there. The 

 bird is also found at San Lorenzo, a village about 20 miles 

 west of Recife, as a living specimen I bought in Recife came 

 from there. The bird is not rarely to be seen caged in the 

 houses of the Brazilians, who call it '^Sheshou de Bananeira," 

 to distinguish it from the common " Sheshou " {Cassicus 

 persicus). It is also sometimes called " Soldado," or soldier. 

 I succeeded in bringing three specimens alive to London, 

 two of which are still living in the Zoological Gardens, where 

 it has not before, I believe, been exhibited alive. 

 / Eyes reddish brown ; feet bluish grey. 



42. MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS. 



I never met with this species in the wild state, but saw 

 several in cages in Recife, Quipapa, and elsewhere, and was 

 told that it was found in the neighbourhood. 



43. Leistes superciliaris. 



This Red-breasted Hangnest I only saw at Cabo. Here it 

 was abundant in the open, down-like fields that are found 

 on the enyenhos where the forest has been cleared and subse- 

 quently inclosed for the use of cattle and horses. I only once 

 or twice saw the full-plumaged birds ; all the others were im- 

 mature, and these kept in large flocks like Starlings, feeding, 

 like them, largely on the ground on the insects and other 

 creatures always present where cattle are feeding. 



This is, I believe, the most northern locality from which the 

 species has yet been recorded. It is replaced further north by 

 a representative {L. guianensis) which has no white supercilia. 



44. Aphobus chopi. 



A single female skin that I brought home is apparent!}' 

 referable to a small form of this species, which I found rather 

 abundant at one or two localities, Vista Alegre and Macuca, 



