olivaceus a,nd u.urop^rgialis, Miscisaxicola rnaculirostris 
M.GR'oistrata and Phrygilus p.nlelDe.ius were found to 
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some extent on the pampas,as well as on the higher 
slores. -Gindoles fuscixs and G e^tac'Mrf^BXB ^ere 
-only -f-ounl . al ong ■ the-'B-t-reams, the -^f o rmer - along any-^^^^;- 
riyuletjhut the latter only along the la,rcer streams^. 
,A11 species of Asthehes , IJhuce rth 1 a and GeosiTta~ 
-(exoept--;Guni^ul^^ re only- . taken . on th-a 
slopes ahove 11,000 feet,as we!.! a.s Leptasth en iira 
and" the little ?arroquet,.a~s well as Ofeotrochilus 
--and— Och thoe ca- .-Ornd all s-necies- -of - luscisax ioola except; 
raaculirostris and. canistrata were confined to the hiphe 
a 1 ti tules. " Agf i 0 rn i s do th ’ high amd low-. . 
. -74 rds - were--nowhere - f oun4-.-ahun4anl-,-hut--m-ore-so -_ on 
the slopes of the range north of the Golf Course, 
where there was present m'dre gfass’and shruhs as well 
-a-s — a - -numher — of smal l r i-vul e t S“» — feo s'l' a! I dol rd s — ar e" 'yery 
shy, and se ld-oroe p e rmit one to g et w ithi n r ang e of the 
aiixiiiary ha-irel. flien a shot is fired,all birds near 
-will -vf-ly -awstry^fnr" long: dristan:ces^‘'b'ef' 0 re ■ alighting"as — 
a r iA le a nd are a ft erwards’ doub ly d if ficu lt to ar p roa ch 
even v/ithin long gunshot, Most of the birds were 
e-i"th-er ~ tn-th-e "“po-s-1 —-tiup tuai'-motii.-t' -- 
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it. Th.e Purnariidae were mpstly._all.. in . good fresh plum¬ 
age,having just about finished the moult,but all 
--5-r4ngillidae -y/ere- in --fiill-iroult-as'vv‘rirleybut f ewr 
^ spec.imens taken which had completed th e moult. Immature 
birds were fairly common also. Most all of the Finches 
-were—in-f-loeko, consisting of old,moulting- birds-o,nd: 
immature ones.which made collecting them rather difficu 
It,since flocks were not abundant,and after one shot 
was- fireel--near-ar-flock, -thejf--usually . departed-for- parts- 
unkpow’n. Fiov/ers were very scarce, only present -iround _ 
the cliffs,and Hummingbirds scarce and wild. Oreotro- 
chilus -was the only one seen- at- the higher altltudesv— 
__ On e 1 arge,j eagle-1 ike Hawk s e en, s ever al C ond. 0 r s _ 
soaring overhead. The common Black -and white Carrion 
-Havfk seen in pairs . several- times. .- - .- -- - - —.- 
Seen but-not taken : 
p 
itf atus 
Spj nus __ 
- -.And eafi - Curl evTf?)—?. - f 1 o ck of . ab oirt - f-0, twi^cre. --- 
Two trips were made down the valley below the 
power dam,reaehing an altitude of about 11"000feet. 
V ery little different was-taken there j only- Thraupis - 
'bonariensi3 ; Poo3piza hypochondriaca ; Spizitornis flaviroe 
stris’.Sicalis aurieiventris and Mimus dorsalis 
There is considerable low vegetation in bottom o 
valley,but at th is time was nearly all dried up. 
The valley is very narrow,with precipitous sides,and 
collecting very-difficultv-In-rainjr season prohahly 
quite a lot of^birds there. __ 
