258 ELEVEN WEEKS IN NORTH-EASTERN BRAZIL. 



immature or female birds, so that the number of those seen in the gorgeous 

 crimson and black dress of the adult male is comparatively small. It is 

 always to be found in the low bushes and vegetation that grow about the 

 lower slopes and bottoms of the valleys in the neighbourhood of water, 

 and is never, according to my observation, found in gardens or the virgin 

 forests. It has a quick, rather loud, sharp, chirping note, of a single 

 syllable, repeated several times in sharp succession, which one soon gets to 

 recognize. The Brazilian name is " Sangre de Boi," i. e. ox's blood, from 

 the brilliant crimson of the plumage of the male. 

 Irides orange-brown. 



22. TACHYPHCXNTJS MELALETJCUS. 



This Tanager is widely spread over the province of Pernambuco, where 

 I met with it at nearly all the places I visited, from Caxanga to G-aranhuns ; 

 and I also obtained it at Parahyba. It is usually seen singly or in pairs, 

 the black male with the chestnut female. The stomach of one I examined 

 contained insects. 



Eyes brown. 



Ibis, 1881, 23. NEMOSIA PILEATA. 



P' ' I obtained this species of Nemosia in the garden at Estancia, where, 



however, I only observed it once or twice. The only other place I met 

 with it was at Cabo, where I once saw two or three in Mr. Hood's 

 garden. 



Eyes bright yellow ; legs horny yellow, with the claws horny. 



24. NEMOSIA FTJLVESCENS. 



I first met with this Tanager at Quipapa, where it was not uncommon 

 in the low bushy capoeira near the river. It was usually seen in small 

 companies of three or four, hopping about amongst the leaves like a Dacnis. 

 I also saw it at Garanhuns, but not nearer the coast. 



Eyes brown ; beak and legs grey. 



25. SALTATOB, MAGNUS. 



I only once met with this bird, which I shot in thick and high forest 

 some miles from Parahyba. 

 Eyes brown. 



26. ORCHESTICUS CAPISTRATUS. 



This curious Bullfinch-like Tanager I first met with near Vista Alegre, 

 about halfway between Quipapa and Macuca. I subsequently saw it at 

 both those places, as well as at Garanhuns ; indeed it seems rather a 

 common bird in this part of the province. It is nearly always seen 

 singly near, but not in, high forest, and perches in the larger trees that 



