4G.2 jNIr. C. II. B, Grant on Birds collected in Argentina, 



235. IIaLLUS UIIYTIKIIYXCIIUS. 



Rtillus rhytirhynchus Arg. Orn, ii. p. 119. 

 Limnopardalis rhytirhynchus Sliarpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 29. 

 n. % iium. Cape San Antonio. Dec. 21, 1908. 

 h. $ inim. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Dec. 28, 1908. 



c. c? inim. ^, ^, Jim. 27, 1909. 



d, e. c? ? imm. „ „ Feb. 10-14, 1909. 

 /. ? ad. „ „ May 30, 190.0. 



This is the common Hail of the Ajo district, and frequents 

 the dense reed-beds wliicli abound in that locality; it is some- 

 what shy, but by waiting specimens can be easily procured. 



2oG. AllAMlDES CIIIRICOTK. 



Aramides chiricote Sharpc, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 58. 



a. ? ad. Colonia Ilisso, Paraguay. Sept. 8, 1909. 



b, c. S ad. Pan de Azucar, Brazil. Sept. 18, 1909. 

 This Kail was ol)scrvcd in several localities in Paraguay 



and ]3razil. It was usually seen in pairs feeding along the 

 banks of the numerous creeks and riaehos, wherever there 

 WHS thick undergrowth or overhanging bush. 



237. PULICA AllMILLATA. 



Fulica (trmillata Arg. Orn. ii. p. 157 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 xxiii. p. 218. 



a. ? ad. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Oct. 27, 1908. 



b. S atL „ „ Mar. 8, 1909. 



All three species of ('oot [F. armilluta, F. rujifruns, and 

 F. I vcopyga) are found in the Ajo district, though no 

 specimens of the last species were obtained. On all the 

 swamps Coots simply swarm, and if the observer goes quietly 

 up to any open sheet of water they can be seen dotting the 

 whole surface in company with numbers of Ducks and Swans. 



238. PULICA LEUCOPYGA. 



Fulica teucopyga Arg. Orn. ii. p. 157 ; Sharpc, Cat. B. 

 xxiii. p. 220. 



a. ? ud. Los Ynglases, Ajo. Jan. 11, 1909. 



b, c. c? ? :ul. „ „ Mar. 17, 1909. 

 d. S ad. ,, * „ April G, 1909. 



This is, iieihnps, the commonest of the three Coots in the 



