1882.] from the argentine republic. 607 



82. Rhynchocyclus sulphurescens. 



cJ. San Javier, Misioaes, Arg. Rep., June 6, 1881. 

 This specimen I secured in the dense and almost impenetrable 

 forests. 



83. PiTANGUS BELLICOSUS (Vieill.). 



c? . City of Catamarca, Arg. Rep,, Aug. 6, 1880. 



Very commou over almost the whole of the Argentine Republic. 



The nest, built in trees at no regular height, is rather large and 

 very rough exteriorly, a foot in depth, eight inches in breadth, and 

 constructed of wood, straw, and twigs ; but the interior is beautifully 

 lined with soft and downy feathers. Four eggs usually, but some- 

 times five, form the clutch : the rather elongate shell is of a parch- 

 ment-coloured ground, rather thinly sprinkled towards the blunt end 

 with dull blue and blackish spots, the latter predominating. It 

 measures, axis 30 millim., diam. 23 millim, 



84. Myiodynastes solitarius (Vieill.). 



$ . Campo Santo, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 29, 1880. 

 Shot in the thick forests, and apparently rare. 



85. HiRUNDiNEA BELLicosA (Vieill.); Sclater, Ibis, 1882, p. 1 64. 



c? 2 • Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Aug. 31, 

 1880. 



Iris dark sepia. 



This Flycatcher is by no means common. It is seen about the 

 houses in pairs, but no more than one pair at a time at one dwelling, 

 perched upon some projection, whence it darts off into the air at 

 passing insects. 



The snap of its beak, as it dashes at the flies, can be heard a long 

 way off. Its cry is peculiar and piteous. There is no perceptible 

 difference in plumage between the male and female. 



86. Myiobius NiEvius (Bodd.). 



cJ. Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., March 9, 1881. 

 $; „ „ „ Nov. 19, 1881. 



Iris brown. 



These birds are very common in Buenos Aires ; and I have met 

 with them as far as the extreme northern limits of the Republic. 



87. Pyrocephalxjs rubineus (Bodd.). 



d ? . Monte Grande, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Dec. 31, 1880. 



One of the most familiar birds in the province of Buenos Aires, 

 which the natives call " Churincha," from one of the notes of its 

 song, " chooreen," uttered when poised on the wing high up in the 

 air; nor is its pretty trill confined to the hours of daylight, but 

 through the lonely stages of the night it frequently enlivens the 

 darkness like a Nightingale. 



It builds usually in the orchards, in the fork of a tree. The nest, 

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