200 Mr. H. Durnford on the Birds of 



13.2. Tryngites RUfEscENs (Vieill.) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 146. 



I have never met with this bird myself; but a friend shot 

 some on the 20th February a little to the west of Buenos 

 Ayres. The stomachs of two I opened contained small seeds. 

 Iris wood-brown ; legs and feet dull orange ; beak and claws 

 black. 



133. LiMOSA HUDSONicA (Lath.) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 146. 



Common from April to September about lagoons and " ar- 

 royos " to the south of Buenos Ayres. It is sometimes here 

 called " Woodcock/^ In habits it much resembles the Bar- 

 tailed Godwit at home. 



134. Rrynchops nigra, Linn. ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, 

 p. 634. 



I have not myself observed this species ; but my collection 

 contains two specimens, shot respectively in January and No- 

 vember, both near Buenos Ayres. They vary much in size. 



135. Phaethusa magnirostris (Liclit.) ; Scl. et Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 567. 



Occasionally seen near Belgrano, appearing to be a fresh- 

 water Tern ; but of its habits I know very little. I found it 

 common at Baradero in April in small parties ; and I watched 

 one flock for some time, the individuals of which kept circling 

 over a millpond, which evidently held a good supply of small 

 fishj for they constantly kept darting into the water. This 

 species has a note quite unlike that of any other Tern I know ; 

 it is very like the cry of the '^ Tero-tero ■" ( Vanellus cayen- 

 nensis); and for this bird I have often mistaken it. Beak pale 

 orange ; legs and feet pale slate-colour. 



136. Sterna trudeauii, And. ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 570. 



In March of last year, during quarantine on Flores Island, 

 at the mouth of the La Plata, I constantly saw a few of these 

 birds about ; and later I saw several near Montevideo. Since 

 then I have occasionally seen a few in this neighbourhood at 



