206 Mr. O. V. Aplin on the 



or so might be seen together. They were breeding in 

 November: llth^ one fresh egg; 18th, four hard-set; last 

 days of the month, four fresh. At Sta. Fiorencia in mid- 

 December, a little flock frequented the cliacra and used to 

 go through the strangest antics ; they went about iu threes 

 a good deal and did much bowing and aimless running 

 about. 



118. Charadrius dominicus. American Golden Plover. 

 A visitor in spring for the summer, or rather to escape 



the northern winter. It is well known as the " Chorlo,^' 

 but this season it was unusually scarce. The first I saw was 

 on the 31st January, a flock of about tuenty. One killed 

 out of a small bunch on 12th March was very fat and 

 assuming spring dress. I did not see any after this date. 



119. EuDROMiAs MODESTA. Winter Plover. 



Breeds in South Patagonia and visits Uruguay for the 

 winter. Hiding over to a neighbouring estancia with a 

 friend on the evening of the 29tli March, and unlortunately 

 without a single cartridge, having a supply at the house I 

 was going to, I got quite close to a flock of these little 

 Plovers in winter dress. When put up they wheeled and 

 turned just like small Golden Plovers. My friend knew 

 them, and had seen them when they had the dark breast- 

 band. They did not stay and I could not find them again. 



-/ 120. iEoiALiTis coLLARis. Azara^s Sand Plover. 



On 19th December I met with half a score of these little 

 birds on a shingly and sandy beach (more extensive than usual 

 on account of the lowness of the river) on the coast of the Rio 

 Negro. They were very difficult to see among the stones, 

 running very quickly, with the actions of our Ringed Plovers. 

 They did not appear to be breeding (possibly they had 

 finished), but I only procured an adult specimen, losing 

 another in the river, and I had no time for a prolonged 

 search. The note of the bird when on the ground is a 

 single tit, repeated sometimes more than once; on the wing 

 it is '' tit-eee, tit-eee." 



