200 Barrows on Birds of the Lower Uruguay. [October 



64. Cyanotis azaree {Nati7n.). — For a few days only during 

 the spring migration (about September i) at Concepcion the 

 reeds, flags, and watei'-loving shi-ubs were fairly aHve with these 

 little gems. They were again met with in some numbers on 

 the Pigu6 and at Carhue the last of March and first of April 

 following. Of their summer home I know nothing. The older 

 name, Reguhts omnicolo7- ., suggests much which is true of the 

 bird. In color he combines black, white, lemon-yellow, olive- 

 green, deep velvety blue and strongest ruby-red. In habit he 

 reminds one forcibly of both Warbler and Kinglet, and, like the 

 latter, he often hovers before the tip of a flag or reed to pick 

 out some minute grub, or darts oft" to snap up with ease some 

 passing gnat. In spring he has quite a sprightly little song, not 

 very unlike that of our Redstart i^Setophaga ruticilld). 



65. Elainea albiceps {Lafr. et d'OrbS). — Three males 

 were taken at Concepcion during the last half of August, iSSo, 

 and one or two others were observed, but it must be one of 

 the least abundant Flycatchers at that point. 



()6. Elainea modesta. — The only specimen taken was a 

 female which was shot from a nest at Concepcion November 

 30, 1880. The nest was a shallow affair built of twigs and 

 roots, and placed on the horizontal branch of a straggling tree 

 about five feet from the ground. It contained two eggs which 

 were white, sparsely spotted with brown. 



67. Pitangus bellicosus ( VieilL). Bikn-te-veo (I-see-you- 

 well) . — Almost the first bird which attracts a stranger's atten- 

 tion as he rides out into the country. The loud, unmusical cry 

 salutes him from every grove or willow-clump and the bird him- 

 self is frequently seen directing his heavy, undulating flight from 

 one tree to another. Grasshoppers and other clumsy insects are 

 frequently taken on the wing, but quite as often the bird alights 

 to pick them up from the ground. Most of the birds have nests as 

 early as October 5, but they may be found with fresh eggs as late 

 as the middle of Deceniber, and at all times between these dates. 

 Doubtless two broods are often reared, but as the birds suffer 

 much from the depredations of opossums and large lizards, many 

 of the later nests ai-e only second or third attempts to raise a 

 family. The nest is a bulky and conspicuous object formed of 

 a great variety of soft materials, among which grass and wool 

 are always found. It is often more than a foot in diameter and 



