BIRDS. 129 



sea-shore : egg dirty white, freckled with pale reddish-brown ; its circumference 

 over longer axis is seven inches. The legs are carmine and scarlet-red : iris 

 scarlet-red. 



Ibis (falcinellus) Ordi. Bonap. 



Tantalus Jlexicanus, Ord. Joum. Acad. Phil. 



Tantalus clialcopterus ? Temm. 



Ibis Falcinellus, Bonap. Am. Orn. iii. 



My specimen was obtained at the Rio Negro : it is very numerous in large 

 flocks on the vast swampy plains between Bahia Blanca and Buenos Ayres. Its 

 flight when soaring is singularly graceful ; the whole flock moving in precise 

 concert. 



1. NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Lath. 



Numenius Hudsonicus, Lath, Ind. Orn. ii. 712. 



This curlew is very abundant on the tidal mud-banks of Chiloe. When the 

 flock rises, each bird utters a shrill note. 



2. Numenius brevirostris. Licht. 



Numenius brevirostris, Licht. Cat. 75, sp. 774 a. 



Buenos Ayres. 



LiMOSA HuDSONicA. Swains. 



Scolopax Hudsonica, Lath. Ind. Oni. ii. 720. 



My specimens were obtained from the Falkland Islands and from Chiloe, 

 where it frequented the tidal mud-banks in flocks. 



1. ToTANUS FLAViPES. Vieill. 



Totanus flavipes, Vieill. Ency. Meth. 1106. 

 Yellow shanks snipe, Pcnn. Arct. Zool. ii. 468. 

 Wills. Am. Orn. pi. 58. f. 4. 



Monte Video, Rio Plata. 



2. Totanus macropterus. G. R. Gray. 



Tringa macroptera, Sjji.t. Av. n. sp. pi. 92. 



Monte Video, Rio Plata. 



