464 Mr. F. Witliiugton on the 



or Indian corn, where it does a considerable amount of 

 damage by eating the tender grains of the new cob. I have 

 never found it nesting here. 



16. Trupialis defilippii, Bp. 



Very common, goes in large flocks and frequents open 

 land. Breeds in the long grass. Two nests lately found had 

 each three eggs, and both of them contained also eggs of 

 Molothrus bonariensis. 



17. Agriornis striata, Gould. 



Very rare. The two examples sent herewith are the only 

 ones I have ever shot, nor do I remember having seen others. 



[One of these is a male, obtained 30th June, 1883, the 

 other a female, obtained 29th April, 1884. The '' iris " is 

 marked '^ brown '' in both specimens. — P. L. S,] 



18. Myiotheretes rufiventris (Vieill.). 



Seen in flocks of from ten to twenty, frequenting the 

 open camp during winter. As a rule they are very tame, 

 and I have several times noticed that when one is shot out of 

 the flock, many of the others instead of flying away, surround 

 it and attack it, until fired at again. These birds appeared 

 to me exceedingly tenacious of life, and hard to bring to 

 bag; it may have been my bad shooting, but I have never 

 observed it in such a marked degree in any other bird. 



19. T^nioptera nengeta (Linn.). 



[A single specimen in the collection : iris noted as " bright 

 scarlet.^'— P. L. S.] 



20. T^NioPTERA coronata (Vicill.). 



A migratory species which visits us during the winter, 

 when it is not uncommon. It may often be seen sitting on 

 wire fences and dried thistle-stalks, every now and again 

 taking short rapid flights after some insect, and returning to 

 its former perch. 



21. TiENIOPTERA DOMINICANA (VicilL). 



[Examples of both sexes of this species are in the collec- 

 tion. Iris " dark brown. ^^ — P. L. S.J 



