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Show 1882. FROM T H E ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 629 At Punta Lara as well as Salto-in fact all over the province Buenos Aires this Gull is found in abundance, flying in fbcks. 197. PODICEPS ROLLANDI, Q. et G. Alto Parana, Misiones, Arg. Rep., Feb. 12, 1880. This rare Grebe was obtained by a friend of mine on the Alto Parana, on the Paraguayan coast. Further particulars I cannot give. 198. TACHYBAPTUS DOMINICUS (Linn.). 2 . Punta Lara, B. Aires, Arg. Rep., Feb. 23, 1881. Iris brown. These birds are common in the lagoons of the province of Buenos Aires. 199. CRYPTURUS CINEREUS (Gm.). cf. Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 19, 1880. Iris orange. This bird, like the rest of the family, is difficult, nay almost impossible, to put up without a dog. I shot it outside the cultivated lands as it was scampering along in the midst of brushwood. 200. CRYPTURUS TATAUPA (Temm.). 2 . Campo Colorado, Oran, Salta, Arg. Rep., Nov. 4, 1880. Iris brown. Shot in the extremely dense forest as it was running about and scarcely visible amidst the very thick undergrowth. I afterwards saw three or four more during my residence in Oran. 201. NOTHURA MACULOSA (Temm.). cf 2- Concepcion, Misiones, Arg. Rep., June 22, 1881. Iris dark. These birds, as well as Pholeoptynx cunicularia, partake of the colour of the soil, which throughout Misiones is of a ferruginous clay, and differ herein completely from those of the province of Buenos Aires. They are so extremely tame and abundant on the fine undulating grass-lands that extend hence southwards, that in the early morning they come right up to the houses, and the boys knock them over with stones; but most certainly this is their northern limit in Misiones, as above this point there is nothing but dense forest. The egg, which is of a deep purply chocolate, is elongated and rather acutely pointed at both ends. Meas.: axis 45 mill., diam. 31 mill. |