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Dr. E. A. Goekli on the Nesting of 



It will be readily seen that my scries shows the absence of 

 Pliibalura flavirostris here in the Serra dos OrgTios during 

 tlie three months May, June, and July — the mid-winter 

 months. Thus at the present moment I cannot find even 

 one Phibalura here (the winter seems to have begun this year 

 a little earlier) . We know where Phibalura passes this time 

 of absence from the coast-mountains. 



I think there is now little more to do in the elucidation of 

 the life-history of Phibalura. It has been proved that it 

 makes an open nest and that it has spotted eggs. Ornitho- 

 logists may now draw their conclusions as regards the exact 

 systematic position of the bird. Unfortunately, it seems to 

 me that very little is yet known about the other members of 

 the family Cotingidse. I have been on the track of the 

 nesting of Tijuca nigra, the charming " assubiador " of the 

 Serra dos Orgaos, but circumstances necessitate my departure 

 for the Amazonian regions and leave me to hope that my 

 cousin may be able to clear up this desideratum. 



2. LOCHMIAS NEMATURA. 



Lochmias nematura appears to me to be a representative 

 of the European Cinclus aquaticus, at least so far as concerns 

 its habits, its mode of life, and its voice. It is of daily 

 occurrence, as well in the lowlands of Rio de Janeiro, where 

 1 always observe it in the small Rio Caboclo, coming from 

 the Corcovado, as here in the Serra dos Orgaos. It is well 

 known to the people in Miuas Geraes, who call the beautiful 



