60 Mr. H. Durnford on the Birds of 
_ 11. Alectrurus guira-yetapa (Vieill.); Nomencl. p. 43. 
The only occasion on which 1 have seen this bird was on 
the 11th February 1877, when I met with two near Lujan 
bridge. I found them in a dry open space, where the paja ” 
grass had been recently burnt during the dry weather. They 
clung to the tall stems of the grass which was still standing, 
or flitted rapidly from one to the other, catching insects on 
the wing. They were both immature birds. Iris dark wood- 
brown; legs and feet black; beak yellowish horn-colour, 
under mandible lightest. Their stomachs contained remains 
of small Coleoptera. 
" ( 12. Lichenops perspicillatus (Gm.); Ibis, 1877, p. 176. 
This bird nests in October. Its nest is made of small 
pieces of rushes or grass, lined with hair, and placed in a tuft 
of grass about two feet from the ground, and in the imme¬ 
diate neighbourhood of water. Their flrst moult takes place 
in February, and then the males put on their decided colours, 
whilst the females remain almost the same as before: pre¬ 
vious to the moult both sexes are alike. 
'—— 13. Hapalocercus elavtventris (Lafr. et D’Orb.); Ibis, 
1877, p. 177. 
This bird nests about eighteen inches from the ground, in 
a clump of grass or low bush, and makes a very neat struc¬ 
ture of fine grass, warmly lined with feathers and wool. I 
have not found the eggs. 
14. Elainea albiceps (Lafr. et D’Orb.); Nomencl. p. 48. 
This is a spring and summer visitor, and at these seasons 
pretty common, especially in the riverain wood. The nest is 
a small and very neat structure of lichen or moss, lined with 
hair and feathers, not unlike our English Chafiinch^s nest, 
and is usually placed about ten feet from the ground in the 
fork of a tree. 
—|- 15. Myiodynastes solitaries (Vieill.); Ibis, 1877, p. 178. 
Iris wood-brown; beak, legs, and feet black, soles of latter 
flesh-colour. 
