1882.] FROM THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 607 
82. RuHyYNCHOCYCLUS SULPHURESCENS. 
3. San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 6, 1881. 
This specimen I secured in the dense and almost impenetrable 
forests. 
83. Piraneus BELLIicosus (Vieill.). 
3. City of Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Aug. 6, 1880. 
Very common 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. Myropynastes souiTarivs (Vieill.). 
2. Campo Santo, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 29, 1880. 
Shot in the thick forests, and apparently rare. 
85. HiruNDINEA BELLICOSA (Vieill. ); Sclater, Ibis, 1882, p. 164. 
3 2. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Aug. 31, 
1880. 
Tris 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. Myiosrus navius (Bodd.). 
3. Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., March 9, 1881. 
Q. 5 af as Noy. 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. PyRocEPHALUS RUBINEUS (Bodd.). 
3 2. 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, “ chooréen,” 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 iv the orchards, in the fork of a tree. The nest, 
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