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skinned. This brightly coloured nude space is probably present in both 

 sexes, as the only specimen I procured was a female. I do not at 

 present recall any precisely similar case of ornamentation by a bright 

 nude skin-space on this part of the neck in any other bird certainly 

 not in any other Passerine. The feet are grey. 



5. TEOGLODTTES FUEYTJS. 



This is the common Wren of the country, and is very abundant 

 everywhere in the neighbourhood of houses or gardens, though it is not 

 much of a forest-bird. It has a remarkably strong song for such a 

 small bird, and may often be seen perched on the roofs of the houses of 

 the villages in the early morning, carolling. Eor its notes it is, I think, 

 on the whole the best singing-bird I heard whilst in Brazil. 



Eyes brown ; feet flesh-coloured. 



6. BASILEUTEEUS AUEICAPILLTJS (Sw.) *. 



I shot a single female specimen of this bird, the only one I saw, in 

 the depths of some high forest near Quipapa. 



7. CTCLOEHIS ALBIYENTRIS. 



I found this curious bird rather common nearly all over the country I 

 visited, though nowhere abundant. It is found amongst the vegetation 

 of the more open parts, usually singly, and seems to be a very quiet bird, 

 hopping about from leaf to leaf of the bush or tree it is in, and not 

 uttering any cry ; at least I never remarked any. 



The irides are beautiful bright orange-yellow ; the strangely shaped 

 bill has the upper mandible dark flesh-coloured, the lower pale bluish 

 slate. The feet are pale dirty fleshy. 



8. HlKTTNTK) LEUCOEEHOA. 



This Swallow I found very common in Recife, where it might be seen 

 flying about in numbers in some of the streets, as well as over the rivers 

 which separate the various parts of the town. I also observed it at 

 Parahyba ; but in the interior it seems to disappear, and be replaced by 

 the Atticora next mentioned. 



9. ATTICOEA CYANOLEUCA. 



I did not bring home any specimens of this Swallow, the only one I 

 shot having been too much damaged to skin ; I have, however, little 

 doubt that this is the species I met with, as I continually saw it in 

 numbers, and was able to examine it often through my field-glasses. It 

 was very abundant at Cabo, and might be seen there sitting in numbers, 



* Cf. Berlepsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 240. 



