BIRDS. 359 



Azara ; Sabiah, Prince Max. The sabia thrush. I found nests 

 with eggs, October 26, 1883. 



Calliste tricolor, Gmel., Tanagridce. Abundant at Paqueta, 

 in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro. The green-blue-and-yellow tanager. 

 Orchesticus capistratus, Max., Tanagridm. 



Ramphocoslus brasiltus, Linn., Tanagridm. Rhamphocxlus, 

 Desm. ; Tanagra, Linn. ; Tije piranga, Burm. ; Sangre de boi, 

 or Pitangui, or tapiranga, native names; Tion kran, in Boto- 

 cudo (Prince Max.) ; " PrachtvoU kochenillroth," Burm. The 

 crimson tanager. 



Ostinops cristatus, Gmel., Icteridm. Cassicus, Vieill. ; Oriolus, 

 Linn. The crested cassique. Cacicus cristatus, see " Homes 

 without Hands," Rev. J. G. Wood, p. 244. Native names, jape 

 or japil ; Jakereiun gipakin, Botocudo language (Prince Max.). It 

 builds pensile or hanging nests, six inches across by three or four 

 feet long. Captain Burton mentions * that the trees near Bom 

 Jardim, 12° S. lat., on the Sao Francisco river, "were tasselled 

 at the branch ends with nests two or three feet long, bags of dry 

 and thorny twigs, opening with a narrow entrance at the upper 

 end, and comfortably lined with soft grass. . . . Here the tenant 

 is called casaca de couro, or ' leather coat.' " He did not see 

 the bird. 



Cassicus persicus, Linn., Icterida. C. icteronoius, Vieill. and 

 Swains. ; Oriolus persicus, Linn. ; Japui, Prince Max. ; Jakereiun, 

 Botocudos; Merlo, Minas Geraes. The black and yellow 

 oriole. 



Milvulus tyr annus, Linn., Tyrannidce. The scissor-tail. A 

 common small bird on the campos, with two very long black tail 

 feathers. 



Furnarius rufus, Gmel., Dendrocolapiidm. F. fuliginosus. 

 Rev. J. G. Wood; Hornero, Azara; Joao de Barro, Minas 

 Geraes. The oven bird. Colour, a light reddish brown. Rev. 

 J. G. Wood says \ that it generally haunts the banks of the South 

 American rivers. I have found it most abundant everywhere. In 

 the campos, on the branches of nearly every tree, its hemispherical 



* "Highlands of Brazil," vol. ii. p. 316. 



t "Homes without Hands," pp. 310,311. Very erroneous sketch of 

 nest and sitting bird. 



