EE ip) Wyss. 
FOURTH SERIES. 
No. XIII. JANUARY 1880. 
I.—Ornithological Notes from the Neighbourhood of Cape San 
Antonio, Buenos Ayres. By Ernest Gisson, F.Z.S8. 
[Continued from ‘The Ibis,’ 1879, p. 424. | 
12. Conurus pataconus. ‘ Barranquero.”’ 
Very abundant, but not a resident. From the middle of 
April to the end of November they pass and repass over our 
land, coming from the S.W. in the morning, and returning 
in the evening. They are generally most numerous in the 
colder months; and my daily notes give no instance of any 
seen during the months of December, January, February, 
and March. Sometimes a solitary individual passes ; but they 
are really gregarious, the flocks averaging, say, twenty. On 
some occasions, and particularly in the afternoon, these flocks 
may be counted by the hundred. While flying, the members 
of each party call frequently to one another, as well as to 
any other flock. The cry is loud, short, but not altogether 
inharmonious. In the morning they fly low, and frequently 
sweep quite close down to the ground in a compact body. 
The native boys often kill one or two birds out of a flock when 
it passes near them, by taking advantage of this habit and 
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