264 ELEVEN WEEKS IN NORTH-EASTERN BRAZIL. 



Ibis, 1881, grass-stems, vegetable fibres, &e. Both tlie birds seemed to take part in 



p. 341. the construction of the nest, and made a great business of it, though it 



was apparently done in a desultory sort of way, and as much for pleasure 



as business. At least two nests I observed closely were never finished, 



and apparently ultimately abandoned. 



46. ABTJKDINICOLA LEUCOCEPHALA. 



This bird I only observed near the sea-coast round Eecife, at Caxanga, 

 and near Parahyba. It frequents the margins of ponds or rivers, as its 

 name well indicates, and is usually seen solitarily, though near Caxanga 

 I came across three or four together on the edge of the same pool, a 

 family party of parents and young birds, the latter being distinguishable 

 by their less-defined colouring. 



Eyes brown ; beak blackish horny, the lower mandible at base (normally) 

 yellowish ; legs and claws black, the soles paler. 



47. MACHETOBKCS EIXOSA. 



I obtained this bird at Eecife, and subsequently saw it at Cabo. Its 

 habits resemble those of Myiozetetes, from which, indeed, I did not, at the 

 time of getting my specimen, distinguish it. 



[ 48. TODIROSTETJM CINEEETTM. 



This little Tody -like Tyrant I found rather common from Eecife and 

 Parahyba to Garanhuns. It is usually seen singly, but I have sometimes 

 seen two or three together, chasing each other and fighting furiously, like 

 Humming-birds. It hops about nimbly from twig to twig of the par- 

 ticular bush or shrub it is in, in search of insects, and does not, as far as 

 1 saw, select a particular perch from which to dart off at any passing 

 insect, like so many of its congeners. 



49. EUSCAKTIIMUS GTTLAKIS. 



I only met with this bird once or twice round Garanhuns, where it 

 occurred usually singly, actively hopping and creeping about the thick 

 scrub which is so prevalent there, very much in the same way as the last 

 species. 



Irides brown. 



Ibis, 1881 50. SEEPHOPHAGA SUBCEISTATA. 



I shot a single specimen of this bird in the thick scrub near Garanhuns. 



51. PHTLLOMTIAS SEMIFTJSCA. 



This little bird was abundant in gardens round Eecife, resembling in 

 its habits Elainea pagana. 



52. ELAINEA PAGANA. 



This Tyrant I also met with commonly, from the sea-coast to Gara- 

 nhuns. In its habits it resembles the other larger Tyraimidse, but has 



