On Birds collected in Argentina^ Paraguay, S^-c. 317 



IX. — List of Birds collected in Argentina, Paraguay, 

 Bolivia, and Southern Brazil, with Field-notes. By 

 Claude H. B. Grant, M.B.O.U.— Part II. Picari^— 



AnATIDvE *. 



Fam. TRocHiLiDiE. 



136. Heliomaster furcifer. 

 HeUomaster furcifer Sal v. Cat. B. xvi. p. 119. 



a. ^ ad. Puerto Asir, Paraguay. Aug. 27, 1909. 

 Irides hazel ; bill, legs and toes black. 



137. POLYTMUS THAUMANTIAS. 



Polytmus thaumantias Salv. Cat. B. xvi. p. 174. 



a. $ ad. Puerto Asir, Paraguay. Aug. 27, 1909. 



h,c. cj' ? ad. Opposite Rabicho, Brazil. Oct. 10, 1909. 



d. $ ad. Ten miles below Hoca de Ilomiguera, Brazil. 

 Oct. 12, 1909. 



1^. Irides brown; bill dark red. black at base and along 

 cutting-edge ; legs and toes sooty. 



$ . Irides brown ; bill, legs and toes dark brown. 



138. Chrysuronia ruficollis. 



Chrysuronia ruficollis Arg. Orn. ii. p. 8 ; Salv. Cat. B. xvi. 

 p. 251. 



a. S a(l. Tjos Ynglases, Ajo. Sept. 26, 1908. 

 h. S iifb „ „ Jan. 5, 1909. 



c, rf. c? ? ad. „ „ Apr. 17, 1909. 



e. ? ad. ,, ,, May 5, 1909. 

 Irides dark brown ; basal half of bill flesh-coloured. 



/, g. S ? a^^- Puerto Asir, Paraguay. Aug. 27, 1909. 



//. ? ad. Brazil, opposite Puerto Mcdanos. Oct. 22, 

 1909. 



/. ? young. Curuzu Chica, Paraguay. Oct. 29, 1909. 



The August birds are nauch worn and moulting slightly, 

 while the September and October examples are almost in 

 full plumage. 



* Continued from p. 137. The arrangement and nomenclature are 

 nearly those of Sclater and Hudson's 'Argentine Ornithology' (as in 

 Part I.). 



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