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In it I saw 5 Flamingos (Ph. ignipaUiatus) which my 

 guide told me came to the Jente Grrande lagoons in autumn 

 to spend the winter there. They were rather shy and flew 

 away as soon as we came near. Whilst I was standing 

 on the waters-edge to look at the Flamingos a big pair of 

 ducks came flying over my head to land or better to alight 

 into the water with a splash not far from where I stood. 



They proved to be a pair of the Flying Steamer Duck 

 which I mentioned above. Riding along the waters-edge I 

 observed 5 more ptairs of these ducks. As I stood still they 

 all came quite near so that I could well see them. They 

 were all of the same kind, the male light grey, with bright 

 yellow bill and larger, the female wine colour with brown 

 bill and smaller. It was a grand sight! 



In the same lagoon stood numbers op Chi. dispar in the 

 shallow water, and a good many Anas cr is fata were swim- 

 ming about. I also saw a specimen of the large Rednecked 

 Podiceps, Podiceps major. 



Leaving the lake we came into some hilly country, and 

 in a small valley where the bushes had attained a little 

 more size were two old Carancho nests. 



These nests were built of sticks right from the bottom 

 of the bush entirely filling it up and attaining a height 

 of 5—6 feet. 



On the ground, sunning themselves were two big Eared 

 Otcls which looked like two cats and were fairly tame 

 (Bubo magellanicus or Asio accipitrinus). 



In that same neigbourhood a beautiful grey bird of prey, 

 probably Btiteo erythronotus^ with white, black-tipped tail 

 flew over the ground and I also met the Cinnamon Kestrel^ 

 Tinnunculus cin?iamomius Sw. 



In a tall shrub was a small flock of Black Starlings 

 {Curaeus aterrimus Kittl.). 



The birds were singing lustily in their peculiar busy way. 



The Chimangos were not very numerous and I only 

 saw a few, which were large birds. 



In the afternoon I went out on foot and alone to see 

 something of the seabirds along the Jente Grande bay. 



Notes from the Leyden ]VIuseiira, Vol. XXXV, 



