CHAPTER XIII 



ORNITHOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES 



By William Beebe and G. Inness Hartley 



In the course of our season's search for the young birds 

 which we required for certain problems, we came across 

 many interesting nests. Some were of unusual architec- 

 tural construction, others were remarkable because of their 

 adaptive form or coloring, still others possessed the distinc- 

 tion of being undescribed, quite new to man's scientific rec- 

 ord. The majority of the notes made upon all of these 

 classes have been filed awaiting publication when further 

 details and more complete information as to their method 

 of construction or reason for requiring protection, are 

 secured. 



- It seems desirable to record the nests and eggs which 

 have not heretofore been described or are almost unknown, 

 especially as I am able to supplement the descriptions with 

 photographs. The species are as follows : 



Talpacoti Ground Dove Chaemepelia talpacoti (Temm. & Knip.) 



Red Mountain Dove Geotrygon montana (Linn.) 



White-necked Crake Porzana albicollis Vieill. 



Cayenne Crake Creciscus viridis (P. L. S. Mull.) 



Dusky Nighthawk Caprimulgus nigrescens Cab. 



Guiana Tyrantlet Tyranniscus acer (Salv. & God.) 



Oily Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus oleagineus (Licht.) 



Varied Flycatcher Empidonomus varins varius (Vieill.) 



Cinereous Bushbird Thamnomanes caesius glaucus Cab. 



Rufous-fronted Antcatcher Anoplops rufigula rufigula (Bodd.) 



Quadrille-bird Leucolepia musica musica (Bodd.) 



Orange-headed Manakin Pipra aureola aureola (Linn.) 



Brown-breasted Pygmy 



Grosbeak Oryzoborus angolensis brevirostris (Berlepsch) 



Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris Cab. 



Black-headed Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides (Less.) 



Blue Honey-Creeper Cyanerpes cyaneus cyaneus (Linn.) 



Moriche Oriole Icterus chrysocephalus (Linn.) 



