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their performance. The females and young birds are brown, and these 

 seem to be more sociable, going about in small flocks. The Brazilians 

 call the bird " Saltado." 

 The eyes are brown. 



35. PAEOAEIA LARVATA. 



The Red-headed Cardinal I found common at Parahyba, and again 

 saw it in the neighbourhood of Garanhuns, so that it occurs all over the 

 district I traversed. It is usually seen singly or in pairs in the more or 

 less cleared and open ground near cultivation. Many dozens are brought 

 into the market at Recife to sell as cage-birds. 



The Brazilians call it " Gallo do campina." 



36. ZONOTEICHIA PILEATA. 



This bird marks the approach of the traveller, as I have already 

 mentioned, to the Sertoes of the interior. I never once saw it on the 

 coast, or anywhere in the " matto " zone, though on passing Canotinho 

 and getting on to the sandy soil of the interior, it almost at once becomes 

 abundant. Round Garanhuns it was very common, hopping about the 

 highroads, often two or three together, and very tame. 



The Brazilian name is " Salta Caminho," or " Road-Hopper." 



37. COTUENICULITS MANIMBE. 



I only got this bird at Caxanga, where it seemed rather common, 

 frequenting the heaps of rubbish left near the railway station. 

 Eyes brown. 



38. CHEYSOMITRIS TAEEELLI. Ibig 



Of this pretty little bird I obtained a living specimen at Parahyba, P- 

 which is now alive in the Zoological Gardens. I subsequently saw one 

 near Garanhuns, and a pair near some forest close to Quipapa. The 

 Brazilian name was, I understood, "Pinta Silva" (? Pintasilgo= Gold- 

 finch). 



39. SYCALIS FLAVEOLA. 



The " Brazilian Canary " is a very abundant bird in the parts of Brazil 

 visited by me, being found from the coast, at Parahyba and Recife, to 

 the interior. Large flocks of it, sometimes containing one or two hundred 

 individuals, may be seen in suitable localities, which are usually the 

 more or less cleared grounds in the neighbourhood of engenhos, or sugar- 

 farms. In these places it frequently consorts with numbers of the little 

 green Tapacu Parrakeets (Psittacula passenna). A specimen which I 

 shot near Cabo " towered " in the air as wounded Partridges and other 



