212 Mr. O. V. Aplin on the 



133. PoDiCEPS ROLLANDi. Rolland's Grebe. 



Not seen until 7tli February, when I shot a female on the 

 Arroyo Grande, but it is quite possible that it may have 

 escaped notice on some of the larger lagunas. In April 

 (after the rain had filled the rivers and caiiadas) and in May it 

 became common, and on one occasion I might have killed 

 three at one shot. They are wonderfully tame (for Grebes), 

 and I often watched them from a very short distance. In 

 early April the crown-feathers were elevated and the cheek- 

 tufts erected ; a month later the whole facial ruff was quite 

 apparent. The iris is of a bright crimson, veined with very 

 narrow black lines. 



■^Spheniscus magellaniccjs. Jackass Penguin. 

 In the Museum of Montevideo, from Maldonado. 



f 134. Daption capensis. Cape Pigeon. 



1st October, when off the coast of Banda Oriental (34° 12' S. 

 lat., 52° 54' W. long., at noon) this species was still with us. 



-f 135. PuFFiNus GRisEUS. Sooty Shearwater. 



Observed off the coast, near the Castillo Rocks, on the 1st 

 October ; again on the 10th June. 



4 136. Pelagodroma marina. Frigate Petrel, 



About noon on the 10th June, when 113 knots from Monte- 

 video, homeward bound, I saw a Petrel which I believe to have 

 been of this species. I observed the same species subsequently 

 off the island of Palma ; but in the latter case I saw four or 

 five and was almost certain of their identity. 



137. Rhynchotus rufescens. Great Tinamu. 



The Perdiz grande is now becoming very scarce in the 

 neighbourhood of Sta. Elena, and would be still more so but 

 for the fact that the owner of that estancia preserves 

 them carefully. There are a good many still, I believe, on 

 the estancia Los Altos on the Perdido, and at Sta. Florencia 

 on the Rio Negro, where they are often found in open glades 

 in the monte ; I flushed seven tliere in one day. At 

 Sta. Elena, however, I once chanced to flush six in a morning. 

 Except when they come out on to the higher ground (gene- 

 rally in the morning and late in the afternoon) to feed, or 



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