160 Mr. 0. V. Aplin 07i the 



directions, make it difficult to get througli. The monte is 

 composed chiefly of these and tala, quebracha, moye, sauce, 

 corinilla {Scutia buxifoUa), guayaba, iiaudubay {Proso^ns 

 nandubay), nangapiri, &c. On the outskirts are myrtles 

 of various kinds, and three species of thorny acacia, viz- 

 the aroma, the napinday or "uuas del gato" {Acacia bona- 

 riensis), and the "espinilla^^ or cina-cina, while in swampy 

 places the beautiful ceibo (or caybo) [Erijthrina crista-gaUi) , 

 with large hanging clusters of indian-red flowers, is a striking 

 feature, the flowers having an attraction for Humming-birds. 

 Several of the trees yield berries — frequently aromatic — and 

 there is an abundance of creepers, some with beautiful flowers, 

 and others with thick rope-like stems reminding one of the 

 lianas of the tropics (and perhaps really the same), which 

 increase the difficulty of progression. The sarsaparilla is a 

 noticeable creeper. The monte is \i\ fact subtropical, and 

 yields a tree-fern, a curious climbing cactus, a palm, and an 

 arboreal orchis (an Oncidium, I think). Impenetrable beds 

 of ^' paja brava^^ occur in places on the landward side of 

 the monte. 



I left the camp for " town " on the 28th May, and reached 

 Montevideo the next day. After a few days, with much 

 reluctance, I bade farewell to that delightful and hospitable 

 city and my many friends in it, and sailed for Europe. 



There is a Museum containing a carefully arranged and 

 increasing natural-history collection in Montevideo, and I 

 have to thank the director and curad6r,Professor Arechavaleta, 

 as well as his able Ayudaute de Zoologia, Senor Don Juan H. 

 Figueira, for their courtesy in showing me the collections. 



I have added in this paper to the list of birds that I obtained 

 or observed the names of those species (24 in number) local 

 specimens of which are preserved in the museum, but which 

 I did not meet with ; they arc marked with an asterisk, 

 and are not included in the enumeration of species. 



The nomenclature and arrangement of this list, unless the 

 contrary be stated, are those of Messrs. Sclater and Hudson's 

 'Argentine Ornithology.^ 



