502 Mr. E. Gibsuii oit the (Jnuilioloijij of [Ibis, 



about 1900, there has occurred a curious verification of 

 Hudson's statement tliat tlie species is dying out — "possibly 

 owin*^ to the altered conditions resulting Iroui the 

 settlement of the country by Europeans "' (his remarks 

 ou this subject, together with the general account of the 

 Bank-parrot itself, should be taken in conjunction with my 

 original notes). From the date referred to (1900), the 

 appearance of the former flocks became scarcer and more 

 irregular, until very shortly after they seem to have ceased 

 altogether — possibly about 1902. At least' I have no 

 further recorded occurrence after fhat year, and I was 

 told that 1903 and subsequent seasons were total blanks. 

 Equally with Mr. Pludson I mourn the Barranquero's 

 departure, and to show its former familiarity I may men- 

 tion how, in July of 1893, I shot three (little knowing the\^ 

 would probably be among the last of our familiar and noisy 

 visitors) on the roof of the Yngleses dwelling-house. They 

 were perched on one of the chimneys, down which they fell 

 into an empty grate, and (I am glad to say) were duly made 

 into '• specimens " — the last of many of their species which 

 figure in my skin-book. 



About the year 1902 our manager at Ynglesitos (on the 

 southern slope of the Balcarce sierras) told me of a curious 

 incident regarding a nesting-site. A pair of Barranqueros 

 excavated a burrow and nested in a well which supplied 

 water for the sheep-dipping plant close to the head-station 

 — quite undisturbed by the activities .and noise of the sheep- 

 corral:*. Apparently the Barranquero — like Truth — must 

 now be sought for down a well ! 



280. Bolborhynchus monachus Bodd. Green Parrakeet. 



To my former notes on the " Cotorra'' or Green Parrakeet 

 I have little to add. The species is as abundant as ever, 

 and likely to continue so under present conditions. Food, 

 iu the shape of thistle-seeds at least, is not likely to cease 

 out of the land, and more maize also is grown in the 

 district than formerly ; whilst the nesting facilities have 

 been improved rather than otherwise under the following 



