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Show 614 MR. E. W\ W H I T E O N BIRDS [June 20, at a time maintain a continued race up a magnificent clear stem far as the branches, when they fly to the bottom of the next and do likewise. 118. PICOLAPTES sp. inc. 2 • San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 10,1881. [An imperfect skin of a species not known to P. L. S.] 119. PICOLAPTES sp. inc. 2- Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 1, 1880 Iris sepia. Not uncommon in the algarroba woods. [Not seen by P. L. S., perhaps the same as No. 118.-P. L. S.| 120. THAMNOPHILUS LEACHII, Such. cf . Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 23, 1881. Iris dark. This, the only specimen I have seen in the Republic, was found in the midst of a dense thicket, where it was feeding on the ground on a swarm of large black ants. 121. THAMNOPHILUS MAJOR, Vieill. cf . Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 6, 1880. 2: „ „ Nov. 12, 1880. Iris crimson. These birds are rather numerous in the gardens round the town of Oran. There is considerable difference between the males in coloration. 122. THAMNOPHILUS CERULESCENS, Vieill. cf. Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 11, 1881. 2 . San Javier, Misiones, Arg. Sep., June 6, 1881. 2- Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 21, 1881. Iris dark brown. Frequenting thickets near the banks of some stream, these birds are limited to a very short height from the ground, and utter but one deep-bass call-note, rather mournful and slow. 123. THAMNOPHILUS ARGENTINUS, Cab. Santo Tome, Corrientes, Arg. Rep., May 14, 1881. Iris dark red. Out of three or four seen, I shot this bird in a bush on the banks of the Itacua, a tributary of the Uruguay, not far from Santo Tome. 124. RHINOCRYPTA LANCEOLATA (Geoffr. et d'Orb.). cf; Fuerte de Andalgala, Catamarca, Arg. Rep., Sept. 10,1880. Iris brown. This bird is found, but not plentifully, about the lanes at Andalgala, and has a peculiar hoarse croaking note. Springing suddenly from a hedge, and alighting a little distance into the road it runs along very swiftly with its crest and tail erect, wagging the latter every now and again ; then quickly stopping a second, to renew its forward dart, it at last springs up once more into the hedge, where |