200 BIRDS OF LA PLATA 
seldom approach a pool 9 marsh on the pampas 
without seeing one or more individuals wading near 
the margin, and hearing their powerful alarm-cry 
—a long, clear note repeated three times. 
These summer visitors leave us in March, and 
then, oddly enough, others arrive, presumably from 
the south to winter on the pampas, and remain from 
April to August. Thus, notwithstanding that the 
Yellowshanks does not breed on the pampas, we have 
it with us all the year round. Durnford’s obser- 
vations agree with mine, for he says that the bird 
is found throughout the year near Buenos Ayres ; 
and Mr. Barrows writes that this species “‘ occurs 
every month in the year (at Concepcion in Entrerios), 
but in increased numbers during August, September, 
October, and November.” 
The Lesser Yellowshanks, Totanus flavipes, is 
also a common species, a visitor from Arctic America, 
in Argentina from September to April. Many non- 
breeding individuals are also found during the other 
months of the year. In habits, language, colour, and 
—except in size—in its entire appearance it closely 
resembles the Greater Yellowshanks; and the two 
species, attracted or deceived by this likeness, are 
constantly seen associating together. 
