BIRDS. 359 



Azara; Sabiah, Prince Max. The sabia thrush. I found nests 

 with eggs, October 26, 1883. 



Calliste tricolor, Gmel., Tanagridce. Abundant at Paqueta, 

 in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro. The green-blue-and-yellow tanager. 



Orchesticus capistratus, Max., Tanagridce. 



Ramphoccelus brasilius, Linn., Tanagridce. Rhamphocoilus, 

 Desm. ; Tanagra, Linn. ; Tije piranga, Burm. ; Sangre de boi, 

 or Pitangui, or tapiranga, native names; Tion kran, in Boto- 

 cudo (Prince Max.) ; " Prachtvoll kochenillroth," Burm. The 

 crimson tanager. 



Ostinops cristatus, Gmel., Icterida. Cassicus, Vieill. ; Oriolus, 

 Linn. The crested cassique. Cacicus cristatus, see " Homes 

 without Hands," Rev. J. G. Wood, p. 244. Native names, jape 

 or japii ; Jakereiun gipakin, Botocudo language (Prince Max.). It 

 builds pensile or hanging nests, six inches across by three or four 

 feet long. Captain Burton mentions * that the trees near Bom 

 Jardim, 12 S. lat, on the Sao Francisco river, "were tasselled 

 at the branch ends with nests two or three feet long, bags of dry 

 and thorny twigs, opening with a narrow entrance at the upper 

 end, and comfortably lined with soft grass. . . . Here the tenant 

 is called casaca de couro, or ' leather coat.' " He did not see 

 the bird. 



Cassicus persicus, Linn., Icteridce. C. icteronotus, Vieill. and 

 Swains. ; Oriolus per sicus. Linn. ; Japui, Prince Max. ; Jakereiun, 

 Botocudos; Merlo, Minas Geraes. The black and yellow 

 oriole. 



Milvulus tyrannus, Linn., Tyrannidce. The scissor-tail. A 

 common small bird on the campos, with two very long black tail 

 feathers. 



Furnarius rufus, Gmel., Dendrocolaptida. F. fuliginosus, 

 Rev. J. G. Wood ; Hornero, Azara ; Joao de Barro, Minas 

 Geraes. The oven bird. Colour, a light reddish brown. Rev. 

 J. G. Wood says f that it generally haunts the banks of the South 

 American rivers. I have found it most abundant everywhere. In 

 the campos, on the branches of nearly every tree, its hemispherical 



* " Highlands of Brazil," vol. ii. p. 316. 



t "Homes without Hands," pp. 310,311. Very erroneous sketch of 

 nest and sitting bird. 



