N.W. Argentina and the Bolivian Chaco. 445 



Among the birds observed at Quinta the "Chuiia" 

 (Chunga burmeisteri) should also be mentioned, and a 

 small Owl, obtained at the same locality, which I refer to 

 Glaucidium phakenoides (Daud.) . 



The following Trochilidse were collected at Quinta by 

 Dr. Rob. Fries : — 



Heliornaster furcifer ((7. Shaw). 

 Chlorostilboii aureiveutris (d'Orb. 

 et Lafr.). 



Lesbia sparganura (G. Shaw). 

 Chfetocercus burmeisteri 

 (Sclater)*. 



III. Birds of Moreno on the Puna de Jujuy, 

 Argentine Republic 



Moreno, the second station where birds were collected, 

 was much more interesting, both from its situation at such, 

 a great altitude above the sea-level and from the natural 

 conditions prevailing there. Mr. von Hofsten tried, 

 therefore, to collect as many specimens as he was" able 

 and made some notes about species that were noticed but 

 could not be obtained. The following list may be regarded 

 as fairly complete, as it is based on observations continued 

 through two months and a half. 



1. Zenaida auriculata (Des Murs). 



Only one specimen was observed and shot at Moreno 

 on December 6th, 1901. It agrees perfectly with the 

 description in the Cat. of Birds, vol. xxi., except that the 

 ear-spot is obsolete. Iris reddish brown. 



narrowly tipped with white. The colour of the head may be termed 

 ashy-brown. It is thus in its coloration apparently intermediate 

 between V. chilensis and V. cayennensis, although from its size it must bo 

 assigned to the former species. 



* A female of this very rare species was obtained at Quinta. A short 

 time ago the type at Buenos Aires was the only known specimen of this 

 bird. The type was a male, and the female was unknown when Mr. E. 

 Hartert wrote the " Trochilidse " in 'Das Tierreich' in 11KJ0. This 

 female is not, however, the first obtained, as Mr. Eartert has recently 

 examined five specimens and has described one of them in the Bull. 

 Brit. Urn. Club, vol. xii. p. 4.3. The type-specimen was from Tucuman, 

 a more southern locality than the Province of Jujuy. 



