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Show 606 MR. E. W . WHITE O N BIRDS [June 20, This little bird, which has a chirping note, was shot whilst skipping about amongst the weeds near swampy ground. 77. STIGMATURA FLAVO-CINEREA (Burm.). cf. Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 2, 1880. Usually three or four of these birds are found on one tree at the same time, frequenting the topmost branches. They have a peculiar chirp. 78. SERPHOPHAGA SUBCRISTATA (Vieill.). cf. Monte Grande, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Dec. 31, 1880. cf . Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 21, 1881. 2 . Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., April 8, 1881. Iris dark sepia. In the thickest brushwood, but at times in the recesses of the woods of Concepcion, are found these little birds, which generally go in pairs, and are very quick in their movements as they skip and flutter about. They are abundant not only in Misiones, but in various other parts of the Republic. In the province of Buenos Aires I obtained its nest and eggs, the former of which presents an exact inverted cone, of exterior depth 4 inches, interior 1*5 in., diameter of top 2*5 in., of mouth 1*5 in., lined with feathery fluff, and constructed entirely of moss, lichen, and hair. It is placed in the forks of trees ; three eggs in a clutch, of a dull yellow tinge, without spots. The middle of November is about the breeding-season of this bird. 79. SERPHOPHAGA NIGRICANS (Vieill.). cf 2 • Itapua, Misiones, Arg. Rep., July 18, 1881. Iris dark. I have seen very few specimens of this pretty little bird, but shot a pair on the banks of the Saima, about a league from Itapua. They were flying about and settling every now and then on the rocks near the water, or on the ground beside a sedgy clump, but very rarely alighted on a twig or rush. 80. LEPTOPOGON TRISTIS, Scl. et Salv., P. Z. S. 1876, p. 254. 2- San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 6, 1881. I shot this bird amongst the lofty trees near the river-banks, where it was abundant; it was likewise met with on the sierras of Totoral, but was not common there. 81. ELAINEA ALBICEPS (Lafr. et d'Orb.) ? cf. Flores, Buenos Aires, Arg. Rep., Feb. 2, 1881. 2 • „ „ „ Jan. 27, 1881. Iris brown. Very common in the province of Buenos Aires; found in the clumps of trees. |