THE IBIS 



SEVENTH SERIES. 



No. XI. JULY 1897. 



XXIV. — Field-Notes on the Birds of Chili. By Ambrose 

 A. Lane. With an latroduction and Remarks by P. L. 



SCLATER*'^. 



[Concluded from p. 195.] 



89. COLUMBA ARAUCANA, LeSS. 



Columba araiicana, Salvad. B. M. C. xxi. p. 296. 

 (Calle-calle.) 



I did not see much of this species in Central Chili, though 

 I observed it once in a wooded and secluded glade on the 

 hills near Hospital, where I was told a pair nested. The 

 birds were said to come in flocks there in the cold season. 

 In the south I found them plentiful, especially about 

 Yaldivia and Rio Bueno. In Arauco they are fairly 

 numerous, but not so much so as in the former places. They 

 probably extend far south. 



These Pigeons nest at Rio Bueno about December. The 

 nest is a loose structure of sticks, like that of the Queest ; 

 and one I got was in the fork of a tree about 15 feet high. 

 Their cooing was a deep booming sound. 



They are generally known as the " Torcaza.'' 



* [The localities given after the names of the species in brackets are 

 those of Mr. Lane's specimens, which are now in the British Museum. — 

 P. L. S.] 



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