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17. PARULA PITIAYUMI (Vieill.). 

 (PITIAYUMI WOOD-SINGER.) 



Parula pitiayumi, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 8 ; Durnford, Ibis, 1876, p. 158, 

 1877, p. 1G8 (Buenos Ayres) ; Salv. Ibis, 1880, p. 352 (Tucuman); White, 

 P. Z. S. 1882, p. 594 (Catarnarca, Misiones); Barrows, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Cl. viii. p. 87 (Concepcion, Entrerios) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 259, pi. xi. fig. 1. 

 Sylvicola venusta, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 473 (Parana, Tucuman). 



Description. Above clear blue ; mantle and upper back olive-yellow ; central 

 tail-feathers blue, all the others, also the quills, blackish ; cheeks and under 

 surface of body bright yellow ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; 

 upper mandible black, lower yellow ; eye brown : total length 4'0 inches, wing 

 2-05, tail 1-55. Female similar, but much paler in colour. 



Hab. South America. 



This is a southern representative of a small group of Wood- warblers, 

 which is extensively diffused in the New World. 



The upper plumage of this small bird is mostly cerulean-blue, the 

 breast and belly yellow. Its Guarani name, according to Azara, is 

 " Pitiayume" which means little yellow-breast. I have never heard it 

 sing or utter any note beyond a very feeble chirp as it hops about 

 through the foliage in quest of small caterpillars. Its migration extends 

 south to Buenos Ayres, where it is seen in woods and thickets in pairs 

 or singly; but it is a rare bird, and I have been unable to find out 

 anything about its nesting-habits. 



18. GEOTHLYPIS VELATA (Vieill.). 

 (VEILED WOOD-SINGER.) 



Geothlypis velata, Scl et Salv. Nomencl. p. 9 j White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 594 

 (Salta) ; Barrows, Bull. Nittt. Orn. Cl. viii. p. 87 (Concepcion, Entrerio?) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 363, pi. ix. fig. 5. 



Description. Above yellowish green ; the wing-coverts like the back ; wing- 

 feathers dusky brown, edged with olive-yellow ; tail-feathers olive-green ; crown 

 of head to the occiput blue-grey ; from the forehead a black mark extends to the 

 eye and downward to the cheek ; throat and under surface bright yellow ; bill 

 black ; feet pale brown ; eye brown : total length 5'6 inches, wing 2'4, tail 2'4. 

 Female similar, but without the black on the face. 



Hab. Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina. 



This is again the only species of a North- and Central-American 

 genus which ranges so far south as Buenos Ayres. It visits us in 

 summer, and is found singly or in pairs in woods and large plantations. 

 It feeds both on the ground and in trees, and, while gleaning amongst 



