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at a time maintain a continued race up a magnificent clear stem as 

 far as the branches, when they fly to the bottom of the next and do 

 likewise, 



118. PicoLAPTEs sp. inc. 



2 . San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 10, 1881. 

 [An imperfect skin of a species not known to P. L. S.] 



119. PicoLAPTES sp. inc. 



5. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 1, 1880. 



Iris sepia. 



Not uncommon in the algarroba woods. 



[Not seen by P. L. S., perhaps the same as No. 118. — P. L. S. | 



120. Thamnophiltjs leachii, Such. 



c? . Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 23, 1881. 



Iris dark. 



This, the only specimen I have seen in the Republic, was found 

 in the midst of a dense thicket, where it was feeding on the ground 

 on a swarm of large black ants. 



121. Thamnophilus major, Vieill. 



c? . Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 6, 1880. 



2. „ „ Nov. 12, 1880. 



Iris crimson. 



These birds are rather numerous in the gardens round the town 

 of Oran. There is considerable difference between the males in colo- 

 ration. 



122. Thamnophilus c^erxjlescens, Vieill. 



(S. Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 11, 1881. 

 2 . San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Eep., June 6, 1881. 

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

 Iris dark brown- 

 Frequenting thickets near the banks of some stream, these birds 



are limited to a very short height from the ground, and utter but 



one deep- bass call-uote, rather mournful and slow. 



123. Thamnophilus argentinus, Cab. 



Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 14, 1881. 

 Iris dark red. 



Out of three or four seen, I shot this bird in a hush on the banks 

 of the Itacua, a tributary of the Uruguay, not far from Santo Tome. 



124. Rhinocrypta lanceolata (GeoflV. et d'Orb.). 



J. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 10, 1880. 



Iris brown. 



This bird is found, but not plentifully, about the lanes at An- 

 dalgala, and has a peculiar hoarse croaking note. Springing sud- 

 denly from a hedge, and alighting a little distance into the road, 

 it runs along very swiftly with its crest and tail erect, wnggiug the 

 latter every now and again ; then quickly stopping a second, to renew 

 its forward dart, it at last springs up once more into the hedge, where 



