in North-eastern Brazil. 345 



by the youthful Brazilians, who become very good marksmen 

 in this rather primitive method. 

 Irides brown. 



63. CONOPOPHAGA LINEATA. 



I only once met with this bird, and that was one day when 

 out shooting with Mr. Weaver in a patch of forest on the top 

 of the hills near Quipapii. We were going along a narrow 

 path in the forest, which was so thick as to prevent our 

 seeing more than about a yard in any direction. We could 

 hear a number of birds with a very loud chattering cry around 

 us, and occasionally could get a glimpse of one as it hopped 

 about in the dense undergrowth. A lucky shot on my 

 friend's part secured a specimen ; but further efforts were 

 fruitless. The silvery -white tufts of feathers on the sides of 

 the head are very striking on the freshly shot bird. 



Irides brown. 



I may here remark that the genus Conopophaffa has been 

 wrongly placed by Messrs. Sclater and Salvin in their valu- 

 able ' Nomenclator/ By them it is included as a member 

 of the ^' Oligomyodse," the Conopophaginee being placed as 

 the first subfamily of the Tyrannidae. We know, however, 

 from the researches of Miiller (Stimmorgane d. Passerinen, 

 p. 39, and, ibid., Garrod's edition, p. 32), that Conopophaga 

 aurita possesses a typically Tracheophone syrinx, so that it 

 is amongst those forms that the genus must be correctly 

 located [cf. Garrod, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 452, also a paper by 

 the writer, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 435). 



64. FURNARIUS FIGULUS. 



The Oven-bird does not appear to be found in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Recife, but I found it at nearly all the 

 other places I stayed at, from Parahyba to Garanhuns. At 

 Cabo, where I first saw it, it was abundant close to Mr. 

 Hood^s house, both in the garden and on the line of railway 

 adjoining. It is a very noisy bird, and, in the mornings par- 

 ticularly, may often be seen, sometimes two or three toge- 

 ther, perched on the roofs of houses or on the telegraph- 

 wires, pouring forth a loud song of peculiar cha,ttering notes, 



