Commissioni 'Jas© houses in Buenos Aires place in cold storag e 
lerpe numbers of wild fowl I was told, and I think the hunters for 
that market would be the ones to investigate. I sav; one or two 
natives hunting ducks and perdiz or tinamou after the close of the 
shooting season near liar del Plata, Argentina. If shorebirds visit 
Argentina in large numbers I would expect the hunters to pursue than 
with little regard for the law. In Brazil I saw no evidence of bird 
hunting as i was collecting small land birds near Bahia, Brazil. 
Sportsmen on Barbados Island, British T/est Indies, get good yellow legs 
snooting in the fall if the winds are favorable, but do not think the 
birds are as plentiful as formerly. Trapped California quail are for 
sale in Valparaiso, the birds being canmon on the outskirts of the city 
where. I shot same, in my opinion Buenos .'ares would be the likeliest 
point to get evidence. 
Bincerely, 
{digned] R. H» Back. 
