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14. CORYPHISTERA ALAUDINA (Bumi.). 



cJ. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., June 20, 1882. 



2; „ „ „ June 12, 1882. 



Iris dark sepia. 



These birds are not found in dense woods, but in the open, tenanted 

 only by a few small trees or bushes. 



Five or six are usually seen running about together with a quick, 

 abrupt movement, meanwhile uttering a sharp cry. 



15. Ceryle amazona (Lath.). 



cj. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep. June 12, 1882. 



$. „ „ „ June 22, 1882. 



Iris brown. 



A Kingfisher not uncommon at Cosquin, and usually met with 

 along the acequias (irregular canals) which are made to flow over the 

 cultivated lands. These streams, which are fed by dams from the 

 river, are in places lined with brushwood and trees, and are tolerably 

 deep, with a swiftly flowing current, abounding in small fish, so that 

 the Ceryle seems to prefer them as a hunting ground to the bare 

 rocky river-bed. 



16. Picxjs MixTUS, Bodd. 



cJ. Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., Aug. 1/, 1882. 



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Iris crimson. 



This little Woodpecker is by no means common in this neighbour- 

 hood, but is met with in the Algarroba woods. 



17. BOLBORHYNCHUS AYMARA (d'Orb.). 



c? . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep. Aug. 7, 1882. 



Iris white. 



The native name of this elegant little bird is " Catita de las Sierras." 

 It is met with in flocks on the mountain-tops, about 3500 feet 

 above the sea-level, and never descends to the valley. Its flight is 

 very swift, accompanied the while by a sort of chirping, which by 

 the inexperienced is almost always mistaken for a finch's note. 



18. StRIX DECUSSATA. 



S . Cosquin, Cordova, Arg. Rep., July 22, 1882. 



Iris yellow. 



This bird is called by the residents sometimes "Dormilon" (the 

 Sleeper), at others "Ataja camino " (Bar-the-road), and does not 

 appear to be common. My specimen was taken from a pair roosting 

 together in the woods on the high slopes at the foot of the Sierras. 

 It seems to seek the woods on the highlands to pass the day, and at 

 night to descend to the valley. 



As it sits so close, and the colour so exactly corresponds with that 

 of the bare branches, I should never have discovered it had it not 

 been startled at my approach and flown. Several mornings in suc- 

 cession I visited the same tree, and, although I crept up quite close 



