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in some parts^ is perfectly flat. It cannot be called well 

 wooded, as the only trees to be seen at all are those of 

 orchards and other similar plantations on a small scale. By 

 far the most common tree throughout the district is the 

 Tala [Celtis tala), which, when kept close cut, makes excellent 

 hedges^ and forms the favourite nesting-places of many 

 kinds of birds, especially such bush-loving species as the 

 Calandria {Minius calandria) aud Uracca [Guira piririgua) , 

 &c. There are three small '' arroyos '^ or creeks which flow in 

 a northerly direction, and end in " lagunas " or lakelets of 

 insignificant size, and generally overgrown with reeds and 

 other aquatic vegetation. In these and other localities the 

 following birds were collected. 



-f 1. TURDUS LEUCOMELAS, Vicill. 



Fairly plentiful during winter and spring. They chiefly 

 frequent dark woods and undergrowth, where they step about 

 noiselessly, now and then uttering their somewhat pleasant 

 low whistling note. 



-f 2. TuRDUs RunvENTRis, Vicill. 



Very rare. I have only seen two examples altogether. 

 One of these, the present specimen, I shot in a small wood, 

 whence it attracted me by its sweet song. It was very tame, 

 and showed none of that skulking shyness which I noticed 

 in this species in the Banda Oriental. It swarmed with 

 lice, and from its throat I took a Jarge tick. 



/ 3. MiMUS MODULATOR, Gould. 



[Two specimens of this species. — P. L. S.] 



4- 4. TaNAGRA BONARIENSIS (Gm.). 



Migratory, arriving here about the middle of May, when 

 they become fairly plentiful. They are often seen in small 

 lots of five or six, but generally more of them are males than 

 females. They are very partial to gardens and plantations. 



+ 5. Pyranga azar^, d'Orb. 



At one time fairly common, but these last few years I 

 have only noticed stragglers here and there. 



