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CHILIAN FLAMINGOES {Phoenicoptems chilensis) LEAVING THEIR EGGS, LAID ON THE 

 GROUND WITHOUT A NEST, IN A LAGOON TWENTY LEAGUES FROM SANTA CRUZ, 

 PATAGONIA. Courtesy of El Hornero 



to in the foot-note on page io8, was col- 

 lected by R. H. Beck at Mar del Plata, 

 September 29, 1914. It is in the Brewster- 

 Sanford collection at the American — not 

 ' ' B rooklyn" — museum) . 



Dr. Dabbene presents the known Argen- 

 tine status of each of the above-mentioned 

 species and a detailed list of its published 

 records of occurrence, besides many others 

 based on specimens chiefly in the Museum 

 of Natural History at Buenos Aires. 



The same author also contributes a re- 

 view of the Rheas of Argentina and several 

 general notes, including one on the nesting 

 of the Chilian Flamingo (Phoenicopterus 

 chilensis) which is illustrated by a photo- 

 graph of exceptional interest, and which we 

 are permitted to reproduce herewith. It 

 was made in a lake near San Julian, Santa 

 Cruz, 'Patagonia,' presumably on an island. 

 The eggs, as will be seen, are laid on the 

 ground with no attempt at nest-building. 

 This fact suggests that possibly, in the 

 absence of tides or heavy rainfall, the 

 truncate mud-cones which Flamingoes 

 usually build are not here required, and 



that consequently these cones are needed 

 only where the birds nest in shallow water, 

 or where tide or heavy rainfall necessitate 

 building to a height above the probable 

 high-water level. 



A paper by Enrique Lynch Arribalzaga 

 on 'The Birds of the Chaco,' 'Notes on 

 Nests and Eggs' by Pedro Serie, and several 

 shorter communications complete the 

 number. — F. M. C. 



Bird-Lores Wanted 

 Bird-Lore continues to offer the free 

 use of its columns to subscribers who 

 wish to complete their files of this maga- 

 zine, but hereafter these want notices 

 will appear in this Department, as space 

 permits. Herewith we list a notice from 

 James Grant, Jr., R. R. No. 10, Box 94, 

 Van Wert, Ohio, for the issue of January- 

 February, 19 14. 



A Second Book of Bird Songs 

 for Children 



Lovers of bird music will be interested in 

 a book of birds' songs by W. B. Olds, pub- 

 lished by G. Schmirer of New York City. 



