White Tipped Plantcutter

Phytotoma rutila Vieillot

This interesting bird was added to the known host list of the shiny cowbird by Gunnar Hoy, in January 1968, when he found a parasitized nest near a small mountain settlement, 2800 meters elevation, in the province of Salta, northwestern Argentina. We are much indebted to Dr. Hoy for this information, which it is expected he will amplify in a forthcoming description of the previously unknown eggs of the plantcutter (P. rutila angustirostris); the parasite involved in this record is M. bonariensis bonariensis.

Dr. C. C. Olrog has since informed us that he has also found this species to be victimized, apparently in the province of Tucumán, some distance south of Salta.

STRIPE-BACKED WREN

The white-tipped plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. As the other plantcutters, this species is sexually dimorphic and folivorous. It is found widely in woodland and scrub of south-eastern and south-central South America. It is mainly found in lowlands east of the Andes, and ranges well into the highlands in Bolivia.