at Taubate and Ypanema in the province of San Paulo, in the month of November. The 

 same distinguished traveller met ■n'ith the species at Matogrosso in June, and no one 

 appears to have found it to the northward of these localities, though !Mr. Henry Whitely 

 obtained it at Cosnipata in Peru, in October, at about a similar latitude. 



The late Mr. E. W. White found the species at Santo Tome, in the province of 

 Corrientes, Argentine E/Cpublic. It was very abundant in May at the above locality, 

 and he obtained a specimen out of a number flying over a small lagoon close to the river 

 Itacua. Professor Burmeister, in his journey through the La Plata States, met with the 

 species at Parana, but it was not common. 



Mr. Durnford also found it plentiful during his visit to the Cliuput valley in Pata- 

 gonia, and on the evening of November 25th he observed many congregating as if for a 

 migratory movement. He notes it (as might have been expected) as a spring and summer 

 visitor, and says that it was observed commonly throughout the journey wherever there 

 were steep cliffs or rocks. He took some eggs near Tombo Point on the 30th of December. 

 All had left Chuptit by the 1st of March. 



Mr. Walter Barrows, in his accoimt of the birds of Lower Uruguay, writes : — " By 

 far the most abundant Swallow at all points visited. Arriving from the north early in 

 July, it remains through the summer and does not leave until the following April. 

 Abundant alike in the crowded streets of Buenos Aires and on the monotonous pampas, 

 it is known everywhere by the name ' Golondrina,' and its appearance after the cold 

 weather is hailed as one of the earliest signs of returning summer. Through October 

 and November it breeds at Concepcion wherever it can find a suitable spot, placing its 

 nest of grass, wool, and feathers in any safe cavity about a dwelling-house or shed, or 

 not unfrequently in the deserted nest of a Furnar'ms or Auumbhis. Prom a nest of the 

 latter bird I took a set of this Swallow's eggs — five in number — on October 30, the 

 parent birds hovering close about my head as I examined the nest. The eggs are pure 

 white. During the mating-season the male has a very pretty song, not unlike that 

 of the Eastern Bluebird, though not as long, and seldom delivered without inter- 

 ruption." 



Dr. Durnford has written the following account of the species in the neighbourhood 

 of Buenos Aires : — 



" On April 3rd I saw a specimen of Hirundo leucorrlwa flying over the island of 

 Flores, to the east of Buenos Aires ; and on August lOth I observed others at Belgrano ; 

 from the latter date to the 18th they appeared sparingly, the weather being cloudy and 

 unsettled ; by October Otli they were busily engaged in building their nests, and w(>re 

 very abundant. I often observe birds of this species clinging to tlie trunks ol' larLTf 

 willow trees which are full of holes; tliey also perch on twigs just outside the holes; 

 and once I saw one sitting on tlic edge of a large opening in a l)ranch." 



Again he writes: — "Arrives early near ]3ueuos Aires (I saw some on the 10th of 

 August last year), and does not leave iis till the middle of April. 1 speak of the main 

 body; for many birds remain with us all the winter. On the oOtli of July I saw two or 



