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sexes took a share in the construction, in which they were 

 most assiduous. The nest was a large, somewhat triangu- 

 larly shaped mass of sticks and twigs, thickly matted to- 

 gether, and with an opening for the birds at one end. Very 

 possibly the same nest is used for a number of years in suc- 

 cession, being repaired and increased in size every breeding- 

 season. 



/ / Eyes chestnut-brown ; legs blue-grey, with the soles 



' ( lighter, 



68. Thamnophilus palliatus. 



This bird is abundant in some places and its presence is 

 betrayed by its very curious loud chattering notes, which are 

 commenced in a high key, and fall lower as their conclusion 

 is approached. The bird creeps about, singly or in pairs, the 

 bushes and small trees of the more open parts, and is by no 

 means shy. I got specimens at Cabo and Parahyba, and also 

 saw it near Macuca and Garanhuns, so that it is probably 

 widely distributed. 

 / / The irides (in both sexes) are pale yellowish white ; the 

 beak and legs are leaden grey. 



69. Thamnophilus torquatus, 



I only once got a specimen of this bird, which I shot near 

 Quipapa ; afterwards I obtained one from my friend Herr 

 Miiller, who had shot it near Recife, where also I believe I 

 saw it once or twice. The bird I shot at Quipapa attracted 

 my attention by its remarkable cat-Kke miauhng cry, very 

 diiferent from that of T. palliatus. 

 — The irides are chestnut-brown. 



70. Herpsilochmus pileatus. 



This little bird was rather abundant near Garanhuns, fre- 

 quenting the thick scrub, and flying actively about, in small 

 parties of three or four, amongst the tops of the bushes, like 

 a Pants or Polioptila. I did not meet with it elsewhere. 



71. Herpsilochmus, sp. inc. 



I shot a single specimen of a second species of the genus 

 near Macuca, but, having been preserved in spirit, it is not 



