266 ELEVEN WEEKS IN NORTH-EASTERN BRAZIL. 



56. MYIOBIUS N^EYIUS. 



I shot a single specimen of this Tyrant in a patch of high forest near 

 Macuca. 



Eyes straw-yellow. 



57. MTIOCHANES CINEEETJS. 



I only got this species twice, in the high trees of the forest near 

 Quipapa and at Macuca. It appears to be solitary in its habits. 



Irides brown ; feet black ; upper mandible blackish brown, lower pale 

 orange. 



58. MYIAECHUS TYEAKNTJLUS. 



Ibis, 1881. I first met with this bird near Quipapa, and afterwards obtained 

 several specimens between there and Garanhuns. It is a quiet soli- 

 tary bird, which usually I met with perched on the sides of paths or 

 tracts through the brushwood, and was not shy. 

 Irides brown. 



59. TYEAjrNTJS MELANCHOLICUS. 



This is nearly as common as Pitangus 9ulpkur<ttU9 or Myiozetetes affinis, 

 and occurred at every place I collected in. It is solitary, and in its habits 

 does not materially differ from those species, though it is perhaps less 

 frequently found near houses, resorting more to the open country, and 

 being often seen in large fields where there are few or no trees. It then 

 selects a stone, post, or some small shrub for its perch. It is a quiet 

 bird, unlike the Pitangus. Brazilians and strangers alike confound all 

 these yellow-breasted Tyrant-birds under the common appellation of 

 " Bentivi." 



60. PlPEA EUBRTCAPILLA. 



I first met with this bird in the outskirts of the forest near Caxanga, 

 where I obtained a pair of specimens and saw others. I also afterwards 

 saw what I believe to have been a young male (just acquiring the red 

 colour of the head) in some scrubby forest between Eecife and Beberibe, 

 but not having a gun at the time, could not get it. My experience of 

 this Pipra was that it was nearly always found in the thickest and most 

 dark parts of the forest, where no other birds were to be seen or heard. 

 They feed, I think, on berries. 



The irides (of the male at least) are pale yellowish white, in the female 

 or young bird they are darker. 



61. CHIEOXIPHIA PAEEOLA. 



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

 thick and dense forest near Parahyba. 



