1882.] FROM THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 603 



59. Cyanocorax c^ruletjs (Vieill.). 

 c?. San Jarier, Arg. Rep., June 8, 1881. 



This bird is found here at times in flocks, and makes a great deal 

 of noise, but is exceedingly wild and difficult to shoot, so that I 

 had to use ball-cartridge to secure this specimen. 



60. ITyiotheretes rufiventris (Vieill.). 



2 . Monte Grande, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Jan. 5, 1881. 

 Iris sepia. 



As I was shooting Biscachas one evening I found this bird flying 

 about their burrows. 



61. T^nioptera nengeta (Linn.). 



d". San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 7, 1881. 

 Iris crimson. 



This Flycatcher is found on the open grass-lands scattered about 

 amidst the dense woods of this district. 



62. T^nioptera coronata (Vieill.). 



c?. Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., April 15, 1881. 

 Iris amber. 



I have seen two or three specimens of this bird frequenting the 

 scattered groves in the vicinity of Flores. 



63. T^NioPTERA iRUPERo (Vieill.). 



6 . Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 6, 1880. 



2- ". » „ „ Sept. 1, 1880. 



? . Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 21, 1881. 



Iris dark sepia. 



This bird was bagged in a vineyard; but it does not appear to be 

 abundant at Andalgala, although in the scattered thorny woods of 

 the sandy plains around San Pedro (Santiago del Estero), in Cordova, 

 and other parts many are seen ; and on one occasion I noticed a 

 stray specimen as far south as the neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. 



Rarely are two observed together, as they seem each to appro- 

 priate a plot of ground, and, if chased, return as soon as possible to 

 that spot, of which they never lose sight. Perching on the top of a 

 bush, they now and again dart to the ground for insects, or into the 

 air for flies. I shot a pair on the outskirts of the cultivated ground, 

 where they are usually found near houses ; these were busy con- 

 structing a nest of twigs and horsehair in the lower part of an 

 algaroba tree. 



In Misiones the bird is rare. 



64. 



OcHTHCECA LEUCOPHRYS (d'Oib. ct Lafr.). 



S- Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 14, 1880, 

 During a violent snow-storm that lasted two days, this bird, with 



several others, took refuge under tlie verandah of our house, and 



was captured by a boy. It is very rare. 



