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But there are other incorrect statements which are very 

 pernicious, and which must have some other explanation. 

 The Bird-Catalogues of the British Museum enumerate a 

 great number of species stated to have been obtained at 

 " Pelotas^ Rio Grande do Su\," by " Joyner." Pelotas is a 

 city of Rio Grande do Sul, in 32° S. lat., and I affirm that 

 the greater number of the birds thus indicated cannot have 

 been really collected at Pelotas. 



I have devoted more than twelve years to the study of the 

 avifauna of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Although I 

 have never lived at Pelotas, I have obtained many birds from 

 there. I have, moreover, resided successively at Pedras 

 Brancas, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Louren9o, Colonia of Sao 

 Louren^o, and Barra do Rio Camaquam, and have thus passed 

 nearly ten years in different localities situated a short dis- 

 tance from Pelotas. 



It may also be stated that at Pelotas I have examined 

 the beautiful collection of birds of Mr, Carlos Ritter, who, 

 although not a trained zoologist, is an ardent collector and 

 has a perfect knowledge of the avifauna of this country. 

 He has told me that he never saw such species as Dacnis 

 cay ana, Chry satis cestiva, and others at Pelotas, His m- 

 vestigations on the personality of "Joyner^' have beea 

 without result, as have those of the British Consulate at 

 Pelotas. 



Among the species stated to have been received at the 

 British Museum from " Pelotas,''' there are some which 

 occur in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, but never at 

 Pelotas, as, for example, Ara maracana Vieill. 



If we set aside such species as occur in the northern part 

 of the State, we have yet remaining the following 33 species, 

 stated to have been obtained at "^ Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul,'' 

 by " Joyner," but which have not been recorded from Rio 

 Grande do Sul by any other observer. Of these probably 

 a great number do not occur at all in this State, and if so, 

 certainly not in the southern part of it, at Pelotas. These 

 are : — 



