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Barrows on Birds of the Lower Uruguay. 
[October 
64. Cyanotis azarae (Naum.). — For a few days only during 
die spring migration (about September 1) at Concepcion the 
reeds, flags, and water-loving shrubs were fairly alive with these 
little gems. They were again met with in some numbers on 
the Pigue and at Carhue the last of March and first of April 
following. Of their summer home I know nothing. The older 
name, Regulus omnicolor , 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 off to snap up with ease some 
passing gnat. I11 spring he has quite a sprightly little song, not 
very unlike that of our Redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla) . 
65. Elainea albiceps ( Lafr . et d’ Orb.). — Three males 
were taken at Concepcion during the last half of August, 1880, 
and one or two others were observed, but it must be one of 
the least abundant Flycatchers at that point. 
66. siainea 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.). Bien-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 December, 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 are 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 
