Oil Birds collected in Argentina, Paraguay, b^c. 459 



XVII. — List of Birds collected in Argentina, Paraguay, 

 Bolivia, and Suiethern Brazil, with Field-notes. By 

 Claude II. B. Grant, M.B.O.U. — Part III. Columbid.e 

 — Eheid^.* 



Fam. Columbid.e. 



227. CoLUMBA PICAZUKO. 



Columba picazuro Arg. Orn. ii, p. 139 j Salvad. Cat. B. 

 xxi. p. 271. 



a. ? ad. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Oct. G, 1908. 



b. S ad. „ „ Apr. 23, 1909. 



c. ? ad. „ „ June 10, 1909. 



d. S ad. „ „ Dec. 28, 1909. 

 c. c? iuim, ,, ,, Jan. 18, 1910. 



/, g. (^ ad. Tebicuari, Paraguay. Aug. 8^ 1909. 



h. cJ ad. Puerto Esperauc^a, Brazil. Sept. 25^ 1909. 



L ? ad. Near Villa Franca, Paraguay. Nov. 6, 1909. 



Little need be said about the habits of this Pigeon, which 

 have been often described, except that on several days about 

 the 27tli of September we saw vast flocks settling on the 

 sand-banks in the Alto Paraguay, but they were very wary 

 and it was impossible to approach within shot. 



228. Columba sylvestris. 



Columba sylvestris Chubb, Ibis, 1910, p. 59. 



o. ? ad. Curuzu Chica, Paraguay. Oct. 29, 1909. 



This Avas the only specimen of this species that was 

 observed ; it was shot on the ground, in the forest by the 

 roadside. 



229. Zenaida auriculata. 



Zenaida auriculata Salvad. Cat. B. xxi. p. 384. 

 Zenaida niaculata Arg. Orn. ii. p. 141. 

 a. c? ad. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Sept. 11^ 1908. 

 h. S ad. „ „ Oct. 12, 1908. 



c. ? ad. „ „ Oct. 18, 1908. 



d. S ad. „ „ Oct. 20, 1908. 



* Concluded from above, p. 350. The arrangement and nomenclature 

 are nearly the same as those of Sclater and Hudson's ' .\rgentine 

 Ornitliologv.' 



