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PfiQleopterynx cunicularia, MoL, Strigidce. Nodua c, D'Or- 

 bigny ; Strix c, Prince Max. Die Eule des Campos (Prince Max.) 

 = the owl of the campos. Curuje, native name. A handsome 

 crested owl, which lives in burrows, presumably vacated by 

 armadillos. Outside their nests I found remains of Buprestidae, 

 Phanaeus, and other Coleoptera, evidently remnants of a repast.* 



Milvago chimachima, Vieill., Falconidcs. M. ochrocephalus, 

 Spix ; El Chimachima, Azara ; Caracarai or gaviao, Minas Geraes. 

 A hawk to which I have repeatedly referred, occurs by itself or in 

 company with urubus. 



Cathartes urubitinga, Pelzeln., Cathartidce. Vultur atratus, 

 Wilson ; C. fastens, Illig. ; C. urubu, D'Orbigny ; Der grau- 

 kopfige Urubu, Prince Max. ; Urubu, Minas Geraes. Turkey 

 buzzard, a bird I have often mentioned. 



Querquedula brasiliensis, Gmel., AnatidcB. Anas b., Briss 

 and Linn. ; Mareca, Pato Ipecutiri, Azara. A wild duck observed 

 in swamps near Rio Camapuao. 



ChamcBpelia talpacoti, Temm., ColumbidcR. Columba t, Prince 

 Max. ; Kouemm-cudgi, Botocudo. A small reddish-brown dove, 

 abundant in Minas, where it is called pomba rolla. It is very 

 excellent eating, and was called Ortolan by us. 



There are many other doves, called pomba, jurity, etc. 



Penelope jacucaca, Spix (according to Sclater and Salvin), Cra- 

 cidcB. P. cristata, Linn, and Gmel. ; P. jacua(u, Spix (according to 

 Burmeister) ; Jacu guagu, Minas Geraes. . Very good to eat. 



Odontophorus dentatus, Temm., Teiraonidce. Perdix dentata, 

 Prince Max.; Capueira; Uru, Azara; Hazarat, Botocudo; Codorno, 

 Minas Geraes. Prince Max. says that the eggs are white, and 

 mentions that Azara speaks of them as violet blue. There are 

 sometimes over a dozen eggs in one nest. I found a nest 

 (December 10, 1883), with six eggs, in some long grass near a 

 marsh. I was told it belonged to this partridge. The eggs were 

 a dark violet brown. Prince Max., however, alluding to Azara's 

 description, says, "Perhaps he confounded them with those of an 

 Ynambu, a remark which Temminck has already made." 



* See " Homes without Hands," p. 24: " On the Burrowing or Coquimbo 

 Owl, Athene cunicularia." 



