THE IBIS. 
FOURTH SERIES. 
No, VIII. OCTOBER 1878. 
XXIX .—Notes on the Birds of Central Patagonia^^ ' 
By Henry Durnford. 
In ^The Ibis^ for January 1877^ p. 27, will be found some 
Notes on Birds observed in tbe Cbupat'^ Valley, Patagonia, 
and tbe Neighbourhood,^’ which were the result of a months 
observation and collecting. Since then I have made a more 
lengthened stay in the colony, my visit having extended from 
September 5th, 1877, to April 20th, 1878; and I am thus 
enabled to add considerably to the list of birds I then made 
out. 
In the following communication I have thought it advisable 
to go through the whole list of birds again, though I have 
endeavoured to avoid any repetition of facts concerning those 
previously mentioned. 
This time I "had an exceptionally long passage from Buenos 
Ayres; and from the 5th August, on which day we weighed 
anchor in the river Plate, we were battling with winds and 
waves, and otherwise delayed by calms, till the 5th September, 
on which day we dropped our anchor in the river Chupat. 
* In the above-mentioned communication I have spelt the word Ohu- 
put. As Chupat is now generally used, I follow the custom. The more 
correct orthography would, however, he Ohuba, which is the Indian pro¬ 
nunciation of the name of the river. 
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