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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. PrcoLapTEs sp. ine. 
¢. San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 10, 1881. 
[An imperfect skin of a species not known to P. L. S.] 
119. PrcoLapTEs sp. ine. 
Q. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarea, Arg. Rep., Sept. 1, 1880. 
Tris sepia. 
Not uncommon in the algarroba woods. 
[Not seen by P. L. S., perhaps the same as No. 118.—P. L. S.| 
120. THAMNOPHILUs LEACHII, Such. 
3. 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. 
3. Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 6, 1880. 
2. Rs rf Noy. 12, 1880. 
Tris 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 CHRULESCENS, Vieill. 
3S. Santo Tomé, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 11, 1881. 
Q. San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 6, 1881. 
@. Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 21, 1881. 
Tris 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-note, rather mournful and slow. 
123. THAMNOPHILUS ARGENTINUS, Cab. 
Santo Tomé, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 14, 1881. 
Tris dark red. 
Out of three or four seen, I shot this bird in a bush on the banks 
of the Itacua, a tributary of the Uruguay, not far from Santo Tomé. 
124, Rutnocrypta LANCEOLATA (Geoffr. et d’Orb.). 
d+ 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, wagging 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 
