199 
the Province of Buenos Ayres. 
128. RhynchtEA semicollaris (Vieill.); Scl. et Salv. 1. s. c. 
Resident and found in small parties during the winter. 
Its habits much resemble those of the little Jack Snipe at 
home, being very reluctant to take wing, and, having done so, 
dropping again before long. 
y-129. Gambetta melanoleuca (Gm.); Scl. et Salv. 1. s. c. 
I think a few breed here; but this is a bird most commonly 
seen in winter. Its note is very like that of the Greenshank 
at home. Legs red with a tinge of orange. Common at 
Baradero in April. 
-f-130. Gambetta flavipes (Gm.) ; Scl. et Salv. 1. s. c. 
Resident, but in the winter receiving a considerable ac¬ 
cession to its numbers. Its habits are very similar to those 
of Gambetta melanoleuca; and it is found in much the same 
situations as that bird—banks of streams and ditches, small 
lagoons and pools. Legs pale orange-yellow. Common at 
Baradero in April. 
-fT31. Actiturus bartramius (Wilson); Scl. et Salv. No- 
mencl. p. 146. 
“Batitu,” “ Chorlito.” Very common from December to 
the beginning of April. During this season large quantities 
are shot for the markets; and when they have been here long 
enough to get fat on locusts and grasshoppers, which form 
their principal food, they are excellent eating. The flocks 
are constantly arriving and departing; and from the fact of 
my frequently hearing them at night passing over the place, 
when they whistle and call to each other, I do not thinh the 
same birds remain more than three or four weeks with us. 
They frequent high dry ground, preferring that covered with 
thistles and coarse grass, but carefully avoid low damp places. 
Whilst at Baradero, from the 15th to the 17th April, I learnt, 
from inquiries made there, that the Batitu had only left two 
or three days before my visit. As I could hear of none having 
been seen near Buenos Ayres after the 3rd April, I conclude 
the migratory movement takes place in a west-north-westerly 
direction from here. 
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