132 Mr. W. B. Lee's Ornithological Notes 



6. Sturnella defilippii. 



Not so common, and generally in larger flocks. 



7. PSEUDOLEISTES VIRESCENS. 



Common in small flocks. 



Besides these I observed a bird something like a Golden 

 Plover in shape and size, but with plumage more like a Sand- 

 piper, called by the natives " Chorlito." Two kinds of Dove : 

 — one like a very small Turtle Dove, roosting in the scrubby 

 bush ; the other a blue Pigeon with small white spots, about 

 the size of a Dovecote Pigeon, which only appeared now and 

 then, in flocks. I also noticed a Woodpecker (Colaptes agri- 

 cola) at a small wood about six miles from Frayle Muerto, 

 and another (Chrysoptilus cristatus) close to Frayle Muerto — 

 at the former place also the Scissor-bird, Widow bird, 

 and a little bird smaller than a Robin, with a most bril- 

 liant red head and breast, called by the natives " Sangre 

 pura." I forgot to mention among the river-birds a ro- 

 seate-coloured Spoonbill, and a long-legged black-and-white 

 Plover. 



From July 1871 to February 1872 I was in the province 

 of Entre Bios, on the banks of the Gato, about seven or eight 

 leagues north-west of Gualeguaychu. The river here has a 

 belt of wood on each side ; and there are also considerable 

 clumps of trees scattered here and there over the campo. The 

 surface of the ground is much more undulating ; and this, 

 with the much greater extent of woods, makes the country 

 more interesting than the country about Cordova. Deer 

 are very scarce, and Ostriches not very common ; Carpinchos 

 very plentiful along the river ; there are no pumas or jaguars. 

 One of these latter, however, was lassoed during my stay, at 

 the time of a flood, about ten or twelve leagues off. The floods 

 come down very suddenly ; and any beast that has taken up 

 his quarters in the thick wood, which in the turns of the river 

 is often almost impenetrable, is often forced out by the water 

 into the open plains. 



In the woods on the banks of the Gato I shot specimens of 



