aoo BIRDS OF LA PLATA 



seldom approach a pool or marsh on the pampas 

 without seeing one or more individuals wading near 

 the margin, and hearing their powerful alarm-cry 

 — ^ long, clear note repeated three times. 



These summer visitors leave us in March, and 

 then, oddly enough, others arrive, presumably from 

 the south to winter on the pampas, and remain from 

 April to August. Thus, notwithstanding that the 

 Yellowshanks does not breed on the pampas, we have 

 it with us all the year round. Durnford's obser- 

 vations agree with mine, for he says that the bird 

 is fotmd throughout the year near Buenos Ayres ; 

 and Mr. Barrows writes that this species " occiurs 

 every month in the year (at Concepcion in Entrerios), 

 but in increased numbers during August, September, 

 October, and November." 



The Lesser Yellowshanks, Totanus flavipes, is 

 also a common species, a visitor from Arctic America, 

 in Argentina from September to April. Many non- 

 breeding individuals are also found during the other 

 months of the year. In habits, language, colour, and 

 —except in size — ^in its entire appearance it closely 

 resembles the Greater Yellowshanks ; and the two 

 species, attracted or deceived by this likeness, are 

 constantly seen associating together. 



