Birds of Uruguay, 201 



*QuERQUEDULA TORQUATA. Riiig-nccked Teal. 

 In the Museum. 



^QuERQUEDULA BRASiLiENSis. Brazilian Teal. 

 In the Museum. 



104. Dafila spinicauda. Brown Pintail. 



This is said to be the commonest Duck here ; but the year 

 I was out was so dry that we had very few Ducks o£ any kind. 

 I met with it only on rare occasions from the 1st of March 

 onwards. 



105. Spatula platalea. Red Shoveller. 



Appeared early in April, and I met with it on a few 

 occasions. The drake is a most beautiful bird. 



*Metopiana peposaca. Rosy-billed Duck. 

 In the Museum. 



■^Erismatura ferruginea. Rusty Lake Duck. 

 In the Museum. 



106. CoLUMBA picAzuRo. Picazuro Pigeon. 



A fairly abundant resident, living in the monte and 

 visiting the chacras for maize both at seed-time and harvest. 

 At these times it is very wary, and reminds one of the 

 Wood- Pigeons at home by setting a sentinel on the fence. In 

 the breeding-season they often frequent the tall gums about 

 estancia houses, where their low deep coo may be heard ; it 

 is a long grating oooook, followed by coo-coo-cooooo. This 

 magnificent Pigeon has the irides bright yellow ; eyelids and 

 small space behind the eye crimson ; legs crimson. It is 

 known as the " Paloma/^ and also as " Torcasa grande.'^ 



107. CoLUMBA MACULOSA. Spot-wingcd Pigeon. 

 Abundant in the wide monte of the Rio Negro, where it 



frequents chiefly parts where there are open glades. At 

 Sta. Elena it was much less common, but I have shot it in 

 the rincon of the Monzon and Arroyo Grande. The cry of 

 this bird has a resemblance to that of our large Wood- Pigeon 

 in sound and delivery^ but has only three notes, cooo....ko.... 

 coooooo. The legs and feet of this bird are crimson, not 

 yellow. 



