Mr. E. L. Layard on Birds observed at Para. 393 



-Z-98. PlAYA CAYANA (L.). 



A pair shot (several others being seen) in a forest about 

 ten miles from Para. Stomachs filled with insects and soft 

 fruits. One was shot at the gas-works, 1st December, 1872, 

 a female, with ovaries very small. Stomach containing a whole 

 large locust. The bird is called here " alma di gatto " (soul 

 of the cat) ; its Indian name is " tiquarra." 



-f- 99. Piaya minuta (Vieill.) . 



The first specimen of this Cuckoo was given me in a bad 

 condition by Mr. Englehart, shot on the Guama side of the 

 town. The stomach was too decomposed to reveal its contents. 

 The next I shot about ten miles from Para, in a garden. It 

 crept through the bushes and trees just like a Coitus, always, 

 on my approaching it, flying out on the opposite side. Its 

 stomach contained spiders and caterpillars. 



100. Pteroglossus inscriptus, Gould. 



This rare Aracari I shot from a small flock in the forest 

 along the Strada Braganza on the 5th of September. The 

 flock consisted of this and the next species, one of which I 

 killed at the same time. They frequented the tops of the 

 highest trees, and clung to the branches even after death. 

 A native hunter with me divested himself of his clothes, and 

 in a few moments climbed up to an immense height by means 

 of the pendent lians, and threw down the dead birds. The 

 ease with which the Indian mounted to the great height was 

 a sight to see and admire. 



101. Selenidera gouldi (Natt.). 



This Aracari was shot in company with the last, which the 

 Indian with me declared to be its female; dissection, how- 

 ever, showed them to be both males. Stomach contained 

 fruits. 



I have lately (January 1873) found this species nesting in 

 holes of dead trees in company with Woodpeckers ; but their 

 " procreant cradles " are quite inaccessible to any thing but a 

 flying creature. I shot several woodpeckers from the tree ; 

 and at every discharge the Toucan would come to the entrance- 

 hole, cautiously and with a slow deliberate movement pro- 



