Argentine Ornithology, Volume 1 (of 2) / A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic.

Hab. Paraguay and N. Argentina.

White found this species common in the gardens round the town of Oran. He noted the iris as “crimson.”

Azara’s account of this species is prefaced by the following remarks on the birds of this genus known to him in Paraguay:—“These birds inhabit only the dense and tangled thickets, and never show themselves outside of their hiding-places, except for a few moments in the early morning and in the evening; but at no time do they perch high on the trees, but keep always within a few feet of the earth. They live in pairs; feed solely on insects caught in the bushes which they frequent, or on the ground, on which, however, the bird alights only to pick up its prey, and then returns to the twig to devour it. They are stationary, and fly only from one thicket to another. Many of the species have a similar voice or song, which is singular, powerful, and heard only in the love-season. The call is a trill of a single note rapidly reiterated, and loud enough to be heard half a mile away; the cry being accompanied by vibratory motions of the wings.”

224. THAMNOPHILUS CÆRULESCENS, Vieill.

(SLATY-BLUE BUSH-BIRD.)

Hab. Paraguay and Argentina.

Mr. Barrows says concerning this species that it is “frequently seen, especially during the winter” (on the Lower Uruguay). A nest, taken November 24th, “was almost precisely like that of our Red-eyed Vireo (V. olivaceus), being pensile in the fork of a horizontal spray, only four feet from the ground. It contained three fresh eggs, white, with spots and dashes of light brown.”

White says that these birds frequent the banks of streams, and have a deep bass call-note, rather mournful and slow.

225. THAMNOPHILUS RUFICAPILLUS, Vieill.

(RED-CAPPED BUSH-BIRD.)

Hab. Paraguay and Argentina.

This species is very common in the eastern provinces of Argentina, and extends south to Buenos Ayres. It is a shy, solitary bird, found in woods and thickets along the shores of La Plata; and utters occasionally a singular low rasping note, its only language. The nest is a slight shallow structure placed in a low tree; the eggs are white, thinly spotted with reddish brown. Probably this species is to some extent migratory, as I have only observed it in the summer season.

Fam. XIX. PTEROPTOCHIDÆ, or TAPACOLAS.

The Pteroptochidæ form a small but very peculiar family of Tracheophonine Passeres, mostly restricted to Chili and the south-western extremity of the South-American Continent, but also represented in the Andes of Ecuador and Colombia and in the high plateau of Central Brazil. They are ground-birds, remarkable for their large and robust feet with long claws, their strangely formed bills, and the elevated position in which the tail is carried in the living bird.

In the Argentine Republic four species of Pteroptochidæ are known to occur, only one of which, however, is a well-known bird. Two of the remaining three are recent discoveries, and the fourth a Chilian species, which extends over the Andes into the western borders of Argentina.

226. SCYTALOPUS SUPERCILIARIS, Cab.

(WHITE-EYEBROWED SCYTALOPUS.)

Hab. Sierra of Tucuman.

This species is one of Schulz’s recent discoveries in the Sierra of Tucuman, where he found it west of Sauciyaca, frequenting the deep ravines.

227. RHINOCRYPTA LANCEOLATA, Geoffr. et d’Orb.

(GALLITO.)

Hab. Western and Southern Argentina and Patagonia.

The vernacular name Gallito, or “Little Cock,” by which this species is familiarly known in Patagonia, cannot fail to strike every one who sees the bird as very appropriate, for it struts and runs on the ground with tail erect, looking wonderfully like a small domestic fowl. In the neighbourhood of Carmen, on the Rio Negro, it is very abundant, and when I went there its loud deep chirrup, heard from every side in the thicket, quickly arrested my attention, just as the perpetual chirping of the Sparrows did when I first landed in England. In the interior of the country it is not nearly so abundant, so that man’s presence has probably in some way affected it favourably. Its habits amuse and baffle a person anxious to make its acquaintance; for it scarcely possesses the faculty of flight, and cannot be driven up, but it is so easily alarmed, so swift of foot, and so fond of concealment, that it is most difficult to catch a sight of it. At the same time it is extremely inquisitive, and no sooner does it spy an intruder in the bush than the warning note is sounded, whereupon every bird within hearing hops up into a thick thorn-bush, where it utters every three or four seconds a loud hollow chirrup, and at intervals a violent scolding cry, several times repeated. When approached they all scuttle away, masked by the bushes, with amazing swiftness, to take refuge at a distance, where the loud protest is again resumed; but when the pursuer gives up the pursuit in disgust and turns away, they immediately follow him, so that he is perpetually encircled with the same ring of angry sound, moving with him, coming no nearer and never allowing its cause to be seen.

On three or four occasions I have seen one rise from the ground and fly several yards with a feeble fluttering flight; but when closely pursued in an open place they seem incapable of rising. They generally fly down from the top of a bush, but always ascend it by hopping from twig to twig.

The nest is made in the centre of a thorny bush two or three feet from the ground; and is round and domed, with a small aperture at the side, and built entirely of fine dry grass. The eggs are four in number and of a pure white.

The Little Cock is nine inches long, has long stout legs, and short, curved beak. The colour of the head and neck is deep reddish brown, lined with white, the feathers of the crown forming a crest. The upper surface and wings olive-brown; tail dark; throat and breast grey; middle of the belly white, with a broad ruddy rufous patch on each side reaching to the belly.

228. RHINOCRYPTA FUSCA, Scl. et Salv.

(BROWN GALLITO.)

Hab. Mendoza.

The original examples of this species were obtained by the German collector, Weisshaupt, near Mendoza. It appears to have been mistaken for the young of the preceding species, but is decidedly different.

229. PTEROPTOCHUS ALBICOLLIS, Kittl.

(WHITE-NECKED TAPACOLA.)

Hab. Chili and Western Argentina.

Dr. Burmeister tells us that he met with this Chilian species in the water-courses near Mendoza, where it was seen running about on the stones like a Dipper.

Darwin has given us some interesting notes on this bird:—“This species is called by the Chilenos ‘Tapacola,’ or ‘cover your posteriors.’ The name is well applied, as the Tapacola generally carries its short tail more than erect, that is, inclined backward and toward the head. It is extremely common in Central Chile. The Tapacola frequents hedge-rows and the bushes which are scattered at a considerable elevation over the sterile hills, where scarcely another bird can exist; hence it plays a conspicuous part in the ornithology of Chile. The Tapacola is very crafty; when frightened by any person, it will remain motionless at the bottom of a bush, and will then, after a little while, try with much address to crawl away on the opposite side. It is also an active bird, and continually making a noise; these noises are various and strangely odd; one is like the cooing of doves, another like the bubbling of water, and many defy all similes. The country-people say it changes its cry five times in the year, which is according, I suppose, to some change of season. I was told that the Tapacola builds its nest at the bottom of a deep burrow.” (Darwin, in Zool. Voy. ‘Beagle,’ iii. p. 72.)

INDEX.

• Acahé, i. 110.
• Acanthylis collaris, ii. 11.
• Actiturus bartramius, ii. 189.
• Actodromas bairdi, ii. 184.
• —— fuscicollis, ii. 185.
• —— maculata, ii. 183.
• Æchmophorus major, ii. 202.
• Ægialitis cantiana, ii. 174.
• —— collaris, ii. 173.
• —— falklandica, ii. 172.
• Afeytado, ii. 114.
• Agachona, ii. 181.
• Agelæus flavus, i. 98.
• —— ruficapillus, i. 99.
• —— thilius, i. 97.
• Agriornis leucurus, i. 112.
• —— maritima, i. 112.
• —— striata, i. 111.
• Aiaiai, ii. 106.
• Ajaja rosea, ii. 114, 115, 116.
• Alas-amarillas, ii. 163.
• Alectrurus psalurus, i. 123.
• —— risorius, i. 123.
• —— tricolor, i. 122.
• Allied Saltator, i. 41.
• —— Woodpecker, ii. 20.
• Alma do gato, ii. 37.
• Alonzito, i. 167.
• Alonzo Garsia, i. 167.
• Aluco flammeus, ii. 48.
• Amazon, Blue-fronted, ii. 47.
• ——, Vinaceous, ii. 46.
• Amazonian Kingfisher, ii. 27.
• Amblycercus solitarius, i. 72.
• Amblypterus anomalus, ii. 16.
• Amblyrhamphus holosericeus, i. 101.
• —— ruber, i. 101.
• American Dabchick, ii. 205.
• —— Golden Plover, ii. 170.
• —— Oyster-catcher, ii. 176.
• —— Waterhen, ii. 156.
• Anabates gutturalis, i. 197.
• —— unirufus, i. 195.
• Anabazenops, Oily-green, i. 198.
• —— oleagineus, i. 198.
• —— rufo-superciliatus, i. 198.
• Anæretes flavirostris, i. 142.
• —— parulus, i. 141.
• Anas bahamensis, ii. 135.
• —— brasiliensis, ii. 133.
• —— chiloënsis, ii. 135.
• —— cyanoptera, ii. 130.
• —— flavirostris, ii. 131.
• —— maculirostris, ii. 131.
• —— melanocephala, ii. 130.
• —— oxyura, ii. 134.
• —— peposaca, ii. 137.
• —— platalea, ii. 136.
• —— spinicauda, ii. 134.
• Andean Flamingo, ii. 119.
• —— Goose, ii. 122.
• Angela Humming-bird, ii. 5.
• Angelito de las Animas, i. 118.
• Ani, Black, ii. 31.
• Antarctic Rail, ii. 148.
• Antenor unicinctus, ii. 63.
• Anthus correndera, i. 17, 19, 54, 80.
• —— furcatus, i. 19.
• —— pratensis, i. 17.
• —— rufus, i. 17.
• Antrostomus longirostris, ii. 14.
• —— parvulus, ii. 14.
• Anumbé roxo, i. 195.
• Añumbi, i. 189, 190, 191.
• Anumbius acuticaudatus, i. 31, 67, 88, 96, 133, 187, 189.
• —— striaticollis, i. 194.
• Aphobus chopi, i. 108.
• Aptenodytes demersa, ii. 206.
• Aramides gigas, ii. 150.
• —— nigricans, ii. 150.
• —— rhytirhynchus, ii. 149.
• —— ypecaha, ii. 150.
• Aramus scolopaceus, ii. 159.
• Ardea cærulea, ii. 99.
• —— candidissima, ii. 98, 99.
• —— cocoi, ii. 93, 94.
• —— egretta, ii. 98, 99, 105.
• —— gardeni, ii. 105.
• —— leuce, ii. 98.
• —— marmorata, ii. 104.
• —— nivea, ii. 99.
• —— sibilatrix, ii. 100.
• Ardetta involucris, ii. 93, 101, 227.
• Argentine Blackbird, i. 4.
• —— Cow-bird, i. 72.
• —— Flamingo, ii. 117.
• Arremon orbignii, i. 41.
• Arundinicola flaviventris, i. 137.
• —— leucocephala, i. 122.
• Ashy Tyrant, i. 121.
• Ashy-black Tyrant, i. 126.
• Ashy-headed Goose, ii. 124.
• Asio accipitrinus, ii. 49.
• —— brachyotus, ii. 49.
• Asturina pucherani, ii. 58.
• —— rutilans, ii. 63.
• —— unicincta, ii. 63.
• Athene cunicularia, ii. 52.
• Atticora cyanoleuca, i. 33, 166.
• —— fucata, i. 35.
• Aulanax latirostris, i. 121.
• Avestruz petizo, ii. 219.
• Aymara Dove, ii. 142.
• —— Parrakeet, ii. 46.
• Azara’s Sand-Plover, ii. 173.
• —— Tanager, i. 40.
• —— Trogon, ii. 29.
• Azure Jay, i. 110.

• Bahama Duck, ii. 135.
• —— Pintail, ii. 135.
• Bailarin, ii. 71.
• Baird’s Sandpiper, ii. 184, 185.
• Banduria, ii. 112.
• Bank Parrot, ii. 41.
• —— Swallow, i. 33.
• Barn-Owl, Common, ii. 48.
• Barred Upland Goose, ii. 123.
• Bartramia longicauda, ii. 189.
• Bartram’s Sandpiper, ii. 189.
• Basileuterus auricapillus, i. 21.
• —— vermivorus, i. 21.
• Batitú, ii. 189.
• Bay-winged Cow-bird, i. 95.
• Bécard, White-winged, i. 162.
• Bernicla antarctica, ii. 123.
• —— dispar, ii. 123.
• —— magellanica, ii. 123.
• —— melanoptera, ii. 122.
• —— poliocephala, ii. 124.
• Bienteveo Tyrant, i. 147.
• Bittern, Marbled Tiger-, ii. 104.
• Black Ani, ii. 31.
• —— Duck, ii. 137.
• —— Rail, ii. 149.
• —— Vulture, ii. 89.
• Black-and-chestnut Warbling Finch, i. 49.
• Black-and-yellow Thickbill, i. 43.
• Black-and-yellow-crested Tyrant, i. 157.
• Black-billed Cuckoo, ii. 38.
• Blackbird, Argentine, i. 4.
• Black-crowned Tyrant, i. 115.
• Black-faced Ibis, ii. 110.
• Black-headed Duck, ii. 130.
• —— Finch, i. 45.
• —— Reed-Wren, i. 13.
• —— Siskin, i. 64.
• —— Thrush, i. 4.
• —— Tyrant, i. 157.
• Black-necked Tanager, i. 37.
• Black-tailed Skimmer, ii. 193.
• Black-winged Dove, ii. 142.
• Blackish Finch, i. 54.
• —— Tyrant, i. 141.
• Blue Heron, ii. 99.
• —— ——, Little, ii. 101.
• —— Tanager, i. 39.
• Blue-and-yellow Tanager, i. 39.
• Blue-billed Tyrant, i. 127.
• Blue-fronted Amazon, ii. 47.
• Blue-winged Teal, ii. 130.
• Boat-tail, Chopi, i. 108.
• Boie’s Woodpecker, ii. 17.
• Bolborhynchus aymara, ii. 46.
• —— monachus, ii. 43.
• Bolborhynchus rubrirostris, ii. 46.
• Bonaparte’s Sandpiper, ii. 185.
• Boyero, i. 101, 116.
• Brazilian Cormorant, ii. 91.
• —— Lochmias, i. 174.
• —— Stilt, ii. 179.
• —— Teal, ii. 133.
• Bridges’s Wood-hewer, i. 199.
• Bright-cheeked Grebe, ii. 204.
• Broad-billed Tyrant, i. 136.
• Brown Buzzard, ii. 63.
• —— Cinclodes, i. 172.
• —— Cuckoo, ii. 35.
• —— Gallito, i. 207.
• —— House-Wren, i. 13.
• —— Martin, i. 35.
• —— Pintail, ii. 134.
• —— Tinamou, ii. 207.
• Brown-capped Wood-singer, i. 21.
• Brown-crested Spine-tail, i. 177.
• Brown-fronted Spine-tail, i. 178.
• Brown-headed Wood-bird, i. 23.
• Brush-loving Fly-snapper, i. 12.
• Buarremon citrinellus, i. 41.
• —— (Atlapetes) citrinellus, ii. 223.
• Bubo crassirostris, ii. 50.
• —— magellanicus, ii. 50, 51.
• —— virginianus, ii. 50.
• Bucco chacuru, ii. 30.
• —— maculatus, ii. 30.
• —— striatipectus, ii. 30.
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper, ii. 190.
• Burmeister’s Cariama, ii. 162.
• —— Humming-bird, ii. 2.
• Burrito, ii. 150.
• Burrowing Owl, ii. 52.
• —— Parrot, ii. 41.
• Bush-bird, Larger, i. 203.
• ——, Leach’s, i. 202.
• ——, Red-capped, i. 204.
• ——, Slaty-blue, i. 204.
• Buteo albicaudatus, ii. 59, 61, 62.
• —— erythronotus, ii. 62.
• —— fuliginosus, ii. 60.
• —— macropterus, ii. 58.
• —— melanoleucus, ii. 64.
• —— obsoletus, ii. 59.
• —— oxypterus, ii. 59.
• —— pterocles, ii. 61.
• —— swainsoni, ii. 59, 60.
• —— tricolor, ii. 62.
• —— unicolor, ii. 60.
• Butorides cyanurus, ii. 101.
• —— striata, ii. 101.
• Buzzard, Brown, ii. 63.
• ——, One-banded, ii. 63.
• ——, Red-backed, ii. 62.
• ——, Swainson’s, ii. 59.
• ——, White-tailed, ii. 61.

• Cabanis’s Tyrant, i. 128.
• Cabeza amarilla, i. 98.
• Caburé, ii. 52.
• Cachalote, i. 195.
• ——, White-throated, i. 197.
• Cuchila, i. 18.
• —— Pipit, i. 17.
• Cactus Woodpecker, ii. 19.
• Cairina moschata, ii. 129.
• Calandria, i. 5.
• —— blanca, i. 9.
• —— de las tres colas, i. 9.
• —— Mocking-bird, i. 5.
• Calidris arenaria, ii. 186.
• Calliperidia angelæ, ii. 5.
• —— furcifera, ii. 1, 5, 8.
• Calodromas elegans, ii. 209, 214.
• Caminante, i. 166.
• Campephilus boiæi, ii. 17, 18.
• —— pileatus, ii. 18.
• —— schulzi, ii. 18.
• Campestre, ii. 24.
• Campias frontalis, ii. 20.
• Campylopterus inornatus, ii. 5, 6.
• Capito maculatus, ii. 30.
• Caprimulgus europæus, ii. 14.
• —— parvulus, ii. 14.
• Caracara, ii. 82.
• Carancho, ii. 74, 82.
• —— Carrion-Hawk, ii. 81.
• Carau, ii. 160, 161.
• Cardinal Finch, i. 47.
• —— ——, Lesser, i. 48.
• ——, Yellow, i. 55.
• Carduelis atrata, i. 65.
• Cariama burmeisteri, ii. 162.
• ——, Burmeister’s, ii. 162.
• ——, Crested, ii. 161.
• —— cristata, ii. 161.
• Carpintero, ii. 24.
• Carrion-Hawk, Carancho, ii. 81.
• ——, Chimango, ii. 74.
• Casera, i. 167.
• Caserita, i. 166.
• Casiornis rubra, i. 163.
• Cassicus solitarius, i. 72.
• Cassin’s Tern, ii. 196.
• Cassique, Solitary, i. 72.
• Catamenia analis, i. 57.
• —— inornata, i. 57.
• Catharista atrata, ii. 89.
• Cathartes atratus, ii. 89.
• —— aura, ii. 89.
• —— fœtans, ii. 89.
• Catita, ii. 44.
• —— de las sierras, ii. 46.
• Cayenne Lapwing, ii. 165, 166.
• Centrites niger, i. 134.
• Cerchneis cinnamomina, ii. 70.
• Ceryle amazona, ii. 26, 27, 28.
• —— americana, ii. 27.
• —— stellata, ii. 26.
• —— torquata, ii. 26, 27.
• Chacuru, ii. 30.
• Chætocercus bombus, ii. 2.
• —— burmeisteri, ii. 2.
• Chajá, ii. 120.
• Chamæpelia talpacoti, ii. 144.
• Charadrius azaræ, ii. 173.
• —— collaris, ii. 173.
• —— dominicus, ii. 170.
• —— falklandicus, ii. 172.
• —— fulvus americanus, ii. 170.
• —— modestus, ii. 171.
• —— totanirostris, ii. 174.
• —— virginianus, ii. 170.
• —— virginicus, ii. 170.
• Chat-like Tyrant, i. 120.
• Chauna chavaria, ii. 119.
• —— derbiana, ii. 119.
• Cheese-bird, Rufous, i. 163.
• Chestnut Cuckoo, ii. 36.
• —— Wood-hewer, i. 201.
• Chestnut-shouldered Hang-nest, i. 107.
• Chicli, i. 179.
• Chilian Eagle, ii. 64.
• Chiloe Wigeon, ii. 135.
• Chimango, ii. 74.
• —— Carrion-Hawk, ii. 74.
• Chingolo, i. 58.
• —— grande, i. 164.
• —— Song-Sparrow, i. 58.
• Chin-spotted Tyrant, i. 133.
• Chipiu pardo y canela, i. 45.
• Chiriví, ii. 136.
• Chiroxiphia caudata, i. 161.
• Chisel-bill, i. 101.
• Chivi Greenlet, i. 22.
• Chloephaga dispar, ii. 123.
• —— magellanica, ii. 123.
• —— melanoptera, ii. 122.
• —— poliocephala, ii. 124.
• Chloroceryle amazona, ii. 27.
• —— americana, ii. 27.
• Chloronerpes affinis, ii. 20.
• —— aurulentus, ii. 21.
• —— frontalis, ii. 20.
• —— maculifrons, ii. 20.
• —— rubiginosus, ii. 21.
• —— tucumanus, ii. 21, 223.
• —— (Campias) frontalis, ii. 223.
• Chlorostilbon aureiventris, ii. 9.
• —— phaethon, ii. 9, 229.
• —— splendidus, ii. 1, 6, 9.
• Chochi, ii. 35.
• Chocolate Dove, ii. 144.
• —— Tyrant, i. 112.
• Chocoyno, i. 4.
• Choliba, ii. 51.
• —— Owl, ii. 51.
• Chopi, i. 108.
• —— Boat-tail, i. 108.
• Chordeiles virginianus, ii. 13.
• Chorlito de invierno, ii. 172.
• Chorlo, i. 113; ii. 170.
• —— canela, ii. 174.
• —— solo, ii. 189.
• Chrysomitris atrata, i. 65.
• —— barbata, i. 64.
• —— icterica, i. 64.
• —— magellanica, i. 64.
• Chrysomus frontalis, i. 99.
• Chrysoptilus chlorozostus, ii. 21.
• —— cristatus, ii. 21, 228.
• —— melanochlorus, ii. 21.
• Chrysotis æstiva, ii. 47.
• —— amazonica, ii. 47.
• —— vinacea, ii. 46.
• Chrysuronia chrysura, ii. 8.
• —— ruficollis, ii. 8.
• Chueké, ii. 216.
• Chunga burmeisteri, ii. 162.
• Chuñia, ii. 162.
• Churinche, i. 152.
• Ciconia maguari, ii. 99, 106.
• Cinclodes bifasciatus, i. 173.
• ——, Brown, i. 172.
• —— fuscus, i. 172.
• —— vulgaris, i. 172.
• ——, White-winged, i. 173.
• Cinclus schulzi, i. 11, ii. 223.
• Cinereous Cuckoo, ii. 38.
• —— Harrier, ii. 57.
• —— Plover, ii. 173.
• —— Tinamou, ii. 210.
• —— Tyrant, i. 128.
• Cinnamomeous Kestrel, ii. 69.
• Circus cinereus, ii. 57.
• —— macropterus, ii. 58.
• —— maculosus, ii. 58.
• —— megaspilus, ii. 58.
• Cistothorus fasciolatus, i. 16.
• —— platensis, i. 15.
• Cnipolegus anthracinus, i. 126, 127.
• —— aterrimus, i. 126.
• —— cabanisi, i. 128; ii. 229.
• —— cinereus, i. 128; ii. 229.
• —— cyanirostris, i. 127.
• —— hudsoni, i. 126, 131.
• Coccoborus glaucocæruleus, i. 44.
• Coccyzus americanus, ii. 37.
• —— cinereus, ii. 38.
• —— melanocoryphus, i. 81; ii. 38.
• —— pumilus, ii. 39.
• —— seniculus, ii. 38.
• Cock, Little, i. 206.
• Cock-tailed Tyrant, i. 122.
• Cocoi Heron, ii. 93.
• Cola estraña, i. 123.
• Colaptes agricola, ii. 22, 24.
• —— australis, ii. 24.
• —— campestris, i. 82; ii. 24.
• —— leucofrenatus, ii. 21, 228.
• —— longirostris, ii. 23, 223.
• —— pitius, ii. 24.
• —— pura, ii. 24.
• —— rupicola, ii. 23.
• Colegial, i. 131.
• Columba livia, i. 83.
• —— maculosa, ii. 140.
• —— picazuro, ii. 139, 140.
• Columbina aurisquamata, ii. 142, 228.
• Columbula picui, ii. 39, 143.
• Come-palo, ii. 19.
• Cometes sparganurus, ii. 3.
• Common Barn-Owl, ii. 48.
• —— Jacana, ii. 163.
• —— Miner, i. 165.
• —— Rhea, ii. 216.
• —— Seed-Snipe, ii. 176.
• Condor, Great, ii. 90.
• Contopus brachyrhynohus, i. 155; ii. 223.
• —— brachytarsus, i. 156.
• Contramaestre gaviero, i. 22.
• —— pardo verdoso, corona amarilla, i. 146.
• Conurus acuticaudatus, ii. 42, 228.
• —— aymara, ii. 46.
• —— brunniceps, ii. 46.
• —— fugax, ii. 42.
• —— glaucifrons, ii. 42, 228.
• —— hilaris, ii. 43, 222.
• —— mitratus, ii. 43.
• —— molinæ, ii. 43.
• —— murinus, ii. 43.
• —— patachonicus, i. 25; ii. 41.
• —— patagonus, ii. 41.
• —— rubrirostris, ii. 46.
• Coot, Red-fronted, ii. 157.
• ——, Red-gartered, ii. 157.
• ——, Yellow-billed, ii. 158.
• Corethrura leucopyrrha, ii. 154.
• Cormorant, Brazilian, ii. 91.
• Correndera, La, i. 17.
• Coryphistera alaudina, i. 188; ii. 229.
• ——, Lark-like, i. 188.
• Coryphospingus cristatus, i. 48.
• —— pusillus, i. 48.
• Coscoroba Candida, ii. 126.
• —— Swan, ii. 126.
• Cotile ruficollis, i. 36.
• Cotorra, ii. 44.
• Coturniculus manimbe, i. 60.
• —— peruanus, i. 60.
• Cotyle fucata, i. 35.
• —— leucorrhoa, i. 31.
• —— pyrrhonota, i. 30.
• —— tapera, i. 26.
• Coucou, ii. 38.
• Courlan, Southern, ii. 159.
• Cow-bird, Argentine, i. 72.
• ——, Bay-winged, i. 95.
• ——, Screaming, i. 86.
• Crake, Marked, ii. 155.
• ——, Red-and-white, ii. 154.
• ——, Spot-winged, ii. 155.
• Crane-Hawk, Grey, ii. 67.
• Crax alector, ii. 145, 146.
• —— sclateri, ii. 145.
• Creeper, Patagonian Earth-, i. 170.
• ——, Red-tailed Earth-, i. 171.
• ——, Warbling Earth-, i. 171.
• Creole Duck, ii. 129.
• Crested Cariama, ii. 161.
• —— Duck, ii. 128.
• —— Oven-bird, i. 170.
• —— Screamer, ii. 119.
• Crispin, i. 4; ii. 35.
• Crotophaga ani, ii. 31, 34.
• Crowned Harpy, ii. 66.
• Crypturus cinereus, ii. 207, 208.
• Crypturus obsoletus, ii. 207, 208.
• —— tataupa, ii. 208.
• Cuckoo, Black-billed, ii. 38.
• ——, Brown, ii. 35.
• ——, Chestnut, ii. 36.
• ——, Cinereous, ii. 38.
• ——, Dwarf, ii. 39.
• ——, Guira, ii. 32.
• ——, Yellow-billed, ii. 37.
• Cuervo, ii. 90.
• Culicivora boliviana, i. 12.
• —— dumicola, i. 12.
• —— stenura, i. 139.
• Curahí-remimbí, ii. 100.
• Curassow, Sclater’s, ii. 145.
• Curved-bill Rush-bird, i. 191.
• Cyanocorax azureus, i. 110.
• —— cæruleus, i. 110.
• —— chrysops, i. 110.
• —— pileatus, i. 110.
• —— tucumanus, i. 110; ii. 223.
• Cyanotis azaræ, i. 142, 144, 175.
• Cybernetes yetapa, i. 124.
• Cyclorhis altirostris, i. 24.
• —— ochrocephala, i. 23.
• —— viridis, i. 23, 24.
• Cygnus coscoroba, ii. 120.
• —— nigricollis, ii. 124, 126.

• Dabchick, American, ii. 205.
• Dafila bahamensis, ii. 135.
• —— spinicauda, ii. 134.
• Dark-backed Tanager, i. 37.
• Dark-crested Finch, i. 48.
• Dark Guan, ii. 146.
• —— Night-Heron, ii. 105.
• Dark-tailed Henicornis, i. 173.
• Darwin’s Rhea, ii. 219.
• —— Tinamou, ii. 213.
• Deep-billed Greenlet-Shrike, i. 24.
• De Filippi’s Marsh-Starling, i. 105.
• Degollado, i. 106.
• Dendrobates cactorum, ii. 19.
• Dendrocolaptes picumnus, i. 199.
• Dendrocygna fulva, ii. 126, 128.
• —— major, ii. 127.
• —— viduata, ii. 128.
• Dicholophus burmeisteri, ii. 162.
• —— cristatus, ii. 161.
• Diplopterus galeritus, ii. 35.
• —— nævius, ii. 35.
• Dipper, Schulz’s, i. 11.
• Diuca Finch, i. 55.
• —— ——, Lesser, i. 56.
• —— grisea, i. 55.
• —— minor, i. 56.
• —— vera, i. 55.
• Domestic Martin, i. 25.
• Dominican Gull, ii. 197.
• —— Tyrant, i. 117.
• Donacobius atricapillus, i. 13.
• —— brasiliensis, i. 13.
• Donacospiza albifrons, i. 49.
• D’Orbigny’s Seed-Snipe, ii. 178.
• —— Spine-tail, i. 183.
• —— Tanager, i. 41.
• Dormilon, ii. 12, 183.
• Dove, Aymara, ii. 142.
• ——, Black-winged, ii. 142.
• ——, Chocolate, ii. 144.
• ——, Little Turtle-, ii. 143.
• ——, Picui, ii. 143.
• ——, Spotted, ii. 141.
• ——, Talpacoti, ii. 144.
• Drymornis bridgesi, i. 199.
• Dryocopus atriventris, ii. 18.
• —— erythrops, ii. 18.
• —— lineatus, ii. 18.
• Duck, Bahama, ii. 135.
• ——, Black, ii. 137.
• ——, Black-headed, ii. 130.
• ——, Creole, ii. 129.
• ——, Crested, ii. 128.
• ——, Fulvous Tree-, ii. 126.
• ——, Muscovy, ii. 129.
• ——, Red, ii. 137.
• ——, Rosy-billed, ii. 137.
• ——, Rusty Lake, ii. 138.
• ——, White-faced Tree-, ii. 128.
• ——, White-winged Lake-, ii. 138.
• ——, Whistling, ii. 127.
• Duerme-duerme, ii. 12.
• Dusky Thrush, i. 1.
• Dwarf Cuckoo, ii. 39.

• Eagle, Chilian, ii. 64.
• ——, Grey, ii. 64.
• Eared Wren, i. 15.
• Earth-creeper, Patagonian, i. 170.
• ——, Red-tailed, i. 171.
• ——, Warbling, i. 171.
• Egret, Snowy, ii. 99.
• ——, White, ii. 98.
• Elainea albiceps, i. 145.
• —— grata, i. 146; ii. 223.
• —— modesta, i. 145.
• —— strepera, i. 145; ii. 223.
• —— viridicata, i. 146.
• Elanus leucurus, ii. 71, 72.
• El Campestre, ii. 24.
• —— Chocolate, i. 113.
• —— Mitu, ii. 145.
• —— Yacúhú, ii. 146.
• Emberiza hypochondria, i. 60.
• —— luctuosa, i. 54.
• Emberizoides macrurus, i. 63.
• —— sphenurus, i. 63.
• Embernagra macrura, i. 63.
• —— olivascens, i. 63.
• —— platensis, i. 62, 63; ii. 50.
• Empidagra suiriri, i. 146.
• Empidochanes argentinus, i. 155.
• Empidonax bimaculatus, i. 155.
• —— brunneus, i. 155.
• Empidonomus aurantio-atrocristatus, i. 157.
• Engyptila chalcauchenia, ii. 144.
• Erismatura dominica, ii. 138.
• —— ferruginea, ii. 138.
• Erythrocnema unicincta, ii. 63.
• Espatula, ii. 137.
• Espinero, i. 189.
• Esquimo Whimbrel, ii. 192.
• Eudromia elegans, ii. 214.
• Eudromias modesta, ii. 171.
• Euphonia aureata, i. 37.
• —— chlorotica, i. 37.
• —— nigricollis, i. 37.
• Euscarthmus gularis, i. 136.
• —— margaritaceiventris, i. 136.
• Euxenura maguari, ii. 106, 107.
• Eyebrowed Spine-tail, i. 178.
• —— Tern, ii. 197.

• Falcinellus guarauna, ii. 109.
• —— igneus, ii. 109.
• Falco circumcinctus, ii. 73.
• —— communis, ii. 67,
• —— femoralis, ii. 69.
• —— fusco-cærulescens, ii. 69, 70.
• —— peregrinus, ii. 67.
• —— punctipennis, ii. 73.
• —— sparverius, ii. 99.
• Falcon, Peregrine, ii. 67.
• ——, Spot-winged, ii. 73.
• Fierce Tyrant, i. 156.
• Finch, Black-and-Chestnut Warbling, i. 49.
• ——, Black-headed, i. 45.
• ——, Blackish, i. 54.
• ——, Cardinal, i. 47.
• ——, Dark-crested, i. 48,
• ——, Diuca, i. 55.
• ——, Gay’s, i. 52.
• ——, Glaucous, i. 44.
• ——, Grey-headed, i. 53.
• ——, Indigo, i. 43.
• ——, Lesser Cardinal, i. 48.
• ——, —— Diuca, i. 56.
• ——, Long-tailed Reed-, i. 49.
• ——, Many-coloured Ground-, i. 61.
• ——, Marsh-, i. 45.
• ——, Meadow Seed-, i. 71.
• ——, Misto Seed-, i. 69.
• ——, Mourning, i. 54.
• ——, Olive Ground-, i. 63.
• ——, Plain-coloured, i. 57.
• ——, Pretty Warbling, i. 51.
• ——, Prince Max’s, i. 44.
• ——, Red-backed, i. 53.
• ——, Red-billed Ground-, i. 62.
• ——, Red-browed Warbling, i. 50.
• ——, Red-crested, i. 48.
• ——, Red-flanked Warbling, i. 51.
• ——, Red-stained, i. 57.
• ——, Ringed Warbling, i. 51.
• ——, Screaming, i. 46.
• ——, Slaty, i. 53.
• ——, Wedge-tailed Ground-, i. 63.
• ——, White-and-grey Warbling, i. 52.
• ——, White’s Ground-, i. 64.
• ——, White’s Warbling, i. 50.
• ——, Yellow Seed-, i. 69.
• Firewood Gatherer, i. 189.
• Flamingo, Andean, ii. 119.
• ——, Argentine, ii. 117.
• Flat-billed Wood-hewer, i. 199.
• Flauta del Sol, ii. 100.
• Florida cærulea, ii. 99.
• Fluvicola albiventris, i. 121.
• Fly-snapper, Brush-loving, i. 12.
• Forked-tail Pipit, i. 19.
• Fork-tailed Goatsucker, ii. 15.
• Four-coloured Tanager, i. 40.
• Fulica armillata, ii. 157.
• —— leucoptera, ii. 158.
• —— leucopyga, ii. 157.
• Fulvous Tree-Duck, ii. 126.
• Furnarius figulus, i. 170.
• —— rufus, i. 27, 119, 167; ii. 80.
• —— tricolor, i. 170; ii. 223.

• Gallina ciega, ii. 12.
• Gallinago paraguaiæ, ii. 178.
• Gallinazo, ii. 90.
• Gallineta, ii. 151.
• Gallinula galeata, ii. 156.
• Gallito, i. 206.
• ——, Brown, i. 207.
• Gambetta flavipes, ii. 187.
• —— melanoleuca, ii. 186.
• Ganso, ii. 126.
• Garza jaspeada, ii. 104.
• Garzetta candidissima, ii. 99.
• Gaviota, ii. 199.
• Gay’s Finch, i. 52.
• Geobamon rufipennis, ii. 166, 226.
• Geositta cunicularia, i. 33, 68, 165, 171.
• —— tenuirostris, i. 165.
• Geothlypis velata, i. 20.
• Geranoaëtus melanoleucus, ii. 64.
• Geranospiza cærulescens, ii. 67.
• Geranospizias cærulescens, ii. 67.
• Geronticus melanopis, ii. 110.
• Giant Humming-bird, ii. 4.
• Glaucidium nanum, ii. 56.
• Glaucous Finch, i. 44.
• Glittering Humming-bird, ii. 9.
• Glyphorhynchus cuneatus, i. 199.
• Goatsucker, Fork-tailed, ii. 15.
• ——, Little, ii. 14.
• ——, Nacunda, ii. 12.
• ——, Short-winged, ii. 16.
• ——, White-banded, ii. 14.
• Godwit, Hudsonian, ii. 191.
• Gold-backed Woodpecker, ii. 21.
• Golden-crowned Wood-singer, i. 21.
• Golden Plover, American, ii. 170.
• Golden-tailed Humming-bird, ii. 8.
• Golondrina domestica, i. 26.
• Goose, Andean, ii. 122.
• ——, Ashy-headed, ii. 124.
• ——, Barred Upland, ii. 123.
• Great Condor, ii. 90.
• —— Grebe, ii. 202.
• —— Tern, ii. 195.
• —— Tinamou, ii. 209.
• Great-billed Tern, ii. 194.
• Greater Yellowshank, ii. 186.
• Grebe, Bright-cheeked, ii. 204.
• ——, Great, ii. 202.
• ——, Rolland’s, ii. 204.
• ——, Thick-billed, ii. 206.
• Green Parrakeet, ii. 43.
• Greenish Tyrant, i. 146.
• Greenlet, Chivi, i. 22.
• Greenlet-Shrike, Deep-billed, i. 24.
• Greenlet, Ochre-headed, i. 23.
• Grey-capped Gull, ii. 201.
• Grey Crane-Hawk, ii. 67.
• —— Eagle, ii. 64.
• —— Teal, ii. 131.
• Grey-eyed Tyrant, i. 147.
• Grey-headed Finch, i. 53.
• Greyish Saltator, i. 42.
• Ground-Finch, Many-coloured, i. 61.
• ——, Olive, i. 63.
• ——, Red-billed, i. 62.
• ——, Wedge-tailed, i. 63.
• ——, White’s, i. 64.
• Guan, Dark, ii. 146.
• ——, Hoary-necked, ii. 147.
• ——, White-headed, ii. 146.
• Gubernatrix cristatella, i. 55.
• Guira Cuckoo, ii. 32.
• —— piririgua, ii. 32.
• Guira-pitá, i. 153.
• Guira-yetapá, i. 123.
• Guiraca cyanea, i. 43.
• —— —— argentina, i. 43.
• —— glaucocærulea, i. 44.
• Gull, Dominican, ii. 197.
• ——, Grey-capped, ii. 201.
• ——, Spot-winged, ii. 198.

• Habia de bañado, i. 62.
• —— verde, i. 24.
• Habrura minima, i. 138.
• —— pectoralis, i. 138.
• Hæmatopus ater, ii. 176.
• —— palliatus, ii. 176.
• Hæmophila whitii, i. 64.
• Half-black Siskin, i. 65.
• Haliaëtus melanoleucus, ii. 64.
• Haliæus brasilianus, ii. 91.
• Hang-nest, Chestnut-shouldered, i. 107.
• Hapalocercus flaviventris, i. 80, 137.
• Harpiprion cærulescens, ii. 112.
• Harpy, Crowned, ii. 66.
• Harpyhaliaëtus coronatus, ii. 66.
• Harrier, Cinereous, ii. 57.
• ——, Long-winged, ii. 58.
• Hawk, Carancho Carrion-, ii. 81.
• ——, Chimango Carrion-, ii. 74.
• ——, Grey Crane-, ii. 67.
• ——, Pucheran’s, ii. 58.
• ——, Sociable Marsh-, ii. 72.
• Heleothreptus anomalus, ii. 16.
• Heliomaster angelæ, ii. 5, 229.
• —— furcifer, ii. 5.
• Hemiiërax circumcinctus, ii. 73.
• Hemiprocne zonaris, ii. 11.
• Henicornis, Dark-tailed, i. 173.
• —— phœnicurus, i. 173.
• Herodias egretta, ii. 98.
• Heron, Blue, ii. 99.
• ——, Cocoi, ii. 93.
• ——, Dark Night-, ii. 105.
• ——, Little Blue, ii. 101.
• ——, Variegated, ii. 101.
• ——, Whistling, ii. 100.
• Heteronetta melanocephala, ii. 130.
• Heterospizias meridionalis, ii. 63.
• Himantopus brasiliensis, ii. 178, 179.
• —— nigricollis, ii. 179.
• Hirundinea bellicosa, i. 151.
• Hirundo leucorrhoa, i. 30.
• Hoary-necked Guan, ii. 147.
• Hobby, Orange-chested, ii. 69.
• Homorus gutturalis, i. 197.
• —— lophotes, i. 195.
• —— unirufus, i. 195.
• Hornero, i. 167.
• House-Sparrow, Yellow, i. 66.
• House-Wren, Brown, i. 13.
• Hudsonian Godwit, ii. 191.
• Hudson’s Black Tyrant, i. 126.
• —— Spine-tail, i. 186.
• Humming-bird, Angela, ii. 5.
• ——, Burmeister’s, ii. 2.
• ——, Giant, ii. 4.
• ——, Glittering, ii. 9.
• ——, Golden-tailed, ii. 8.
• ——, Red-throated, ii. 8.
• ——, Sappho, ii. 3.
• ——, Violet-eared, ii. 3.
• ——, White-breasted, ii. 7.
• ——, White-sided, ii. 1.
• ——, White-throated, ii. 7.
• Hydropsalis furcifera, ii. 15.
• —— psalurus, ii. 15.
• —— torquata, ii. 15.
• Hylocharis bicolor, ii. 9.
• —— sapphirina, ii. 1, 6, 8.
• Hylophilus pœcilotis, i. 23.
• Hypotriorchis femoralis, ii. 69.

• Ibis albicollis, ii. 110.
• ——, Black-faced, ii. 110.
• —— cærulescens, ii. 112.
• —— chalcoptera, ii. 109.
• —— falcinellus, ii. 109.
• —— infuscata, ii. 113.
• —— plumbea, ii. 112.
• ——, Plumbeous, ii. 112.
• ——, Whispering, ii. 113.
• ——, White-faced, ii. 109.
• ——, Wood-, ii. 108.
• Ibycter chimango, ii. 74.
• Icterus-pyrrhopterus, i. 73, 107.
• Indigo Finch, i. 43.

• Jabiru, ii. 106.
• Jacana, Common, ii. 163.
• Jackass Penguin, ii. 206.
• Jassana, ii. 163.
• Jay, Azure, i. 110.
• ——, Urraca, i. 110.

• Keanché, ii. 82.
• Kestrel, Cinnamomeous, ii. 69.
• Kingfisher, Amazonian, ii. 27.
• ——, Little, ii. 27.
• ——, Ringed, ii. 26.
• Kite, White-tailed, ii. 71.

• Lake-Duck, Rusty, ii. 138.
• ——, White-winged, ii. 138.
• Lanius ludovicianus excubitoroides, ii. 60.
• Lapwing, Cayenne, ii. 165, 166.
• Larger Bush-bird, i. 203.
• Lark-like Coryphistera, i. 188.
• Larus cirrhocephalus, ii. 198, 201.
• —— dominicanus, ii. 197.
• —— glaucodes, ii. 198.
• —— maculipennis, ii. 198, 201, 202.
• —— serranus, ii. 198.
• —— vociferus, ii. 197.
• La Saria, ii. 161.
• Leach’s Bush-bird, i. 202.
• Leaf-scraper, Spiny, i. 174.
• Lechuzon, ii. 49.
• Leistes anticus, i. 102.
• —— superciliaris, i. 100.
• Leñatero, i. 31, 189.
• Lepidocolaptes atripes, i. 201.
• Leptasthenura ægithaloides, i. 177; ii. 19.
• —— fuliginiceps, i. 177.
• Leptopogon tristis, i. 144.
• Leptoptila chalcauchenia, ii. 144.
• —— megalura, ii. 144.
• Lesser Cardinal Finch, i. 48.
• —— Diuca Finch, i. 56.
• —— Yellowshank, ii. 187.
• Leucippus chionogaster, ii. 7.
• Leucochloris albicollis, ii. 7.
• Leuconerpes candidus, ii. 23.
• Lichenops erythropterus, i. 129.
• —— perspicillatus, i. 124, 126, 127, 129.
• Limnornis curvirostris, i. 185, 191.
• Limosa hæmastica, ii. 191.
• —— hudsonica, ii. 191.
• —— lapponica, ii. 191.
• Lindo, i. 38.
• —— azul y oro cabeza celeste, i. 37.
• Little Blue Heron, ii. 101.
• —— Brown Tyrant, i. 151.
• —— Cock, i. 206.
• —— Goatsucker, ii. 14.
• —— Kingfisher, ii. 27.
• —— Turtle-Dove, ii. 143.
• —— Waterhen, ii. 156.
• Lochmias, Brazilian, i. 174.
• —— nematura, i. 174.
• Long-billed Woodpecker, ii. 23.
• Long-tailed Manikin, i. 161.
• —— Reed-Finch, i. 49.
• —— Tyrant, i. 139.
• Long-winged Harrier, ii. 58.
• Lophospingus pusillus, i. 48.
• Lophospiza pusilla, i. 48.

• Macás cornudo, ii. 203.
• Macasíto, ii. 205.
• Machetornis rixosa, i. 84, 85, 131.
• Magellanic Thrush, i. 3.
• Maguari Stork, ii. 106.
• Manduria, ii. 112.
• Mandurria ó curucáu, ii. 111.
• Manea-cola, i. 166.
• Manikin, Long-tailed, i. 161.
• Many-coloured Ground-Finch, i. 61.
• —— Tyrant, i. 142.
• Marbled Tiger-Bittern, ii. 104.
• Mareca chiloensis, ii. 135.
• —— sibilatrix, ii. 135.
• Marked Crake, ii. 155.
• Marsh-bird, Red-breasted, i. 100.
• ——, Red-headed, i. 99.
• ——, Scarlet-headed, i. 101.
• ——, Yellow-breasted, i. 102.
• ——, Yellow-headed, i. 98.
• ——, Yellow-shouldered, i. 97.
• Marsh-Finch, i. 45.
• Marsh-Hawk, Sociable, ii. 72.
• Marsh-Starling, De Filippi’s, i. 105.
• ——, Patagonian, i. 104.
• Marsh-Wren, Platan, i. 15.
• Martin, Brown, i. 35.
• ——, Domestic, i. 25.
• ——, Purple, i. 24.
• ——, Red-backed Rock-, i. 30.
• ——, Tree-, i. 26.
• Martineta Tinamou, ii. 214.
• Maximilian’s Parrot, Prince, ii. 47.
• Max’s Finch, Prince, i. 44.
• Meadow Seed-Finch, i. 71.
• Megaceryle torquata, ii. 26.
• Melancholy Tyrant, i. 158.
• Merlo, i. 4.
• Merula fuscatra, i. 4.
• Metopiana peposaca, ii. 137.
• Metriopelia aymara, ii. 142, 228.
• —— melanoptera, ii. 142.
• Milvago chimango, i. 81; ii. 57, 74, 82.
• —— pezoporus, ii. 74.
• Milvulus tyrannus, i. 160; ii. 77.
• —— violentus, i. 75.
• Mimus calandria, i. 5, 9.
• —— modulator, i. 5, 7.
• —— patagonicus, i. 7, 79.
• —— thenca, i. 1, 7.
• —— triurus, i. 2, 8.
• Miner, Common, i. 165.
• ——, Red-winged, i. 166.
• Minera, i. 33, 166.
• Minto Seed-Finch, i. 69.
• Mitu, El, ii. 145.
• Mocking-bird, Calandria, i. 5.
• ——, Patagonian, i. 7.
• ——, White-banded, i. 8.
• Modest Spine-tail, i. 183.
• Molina’s Parrot, ii. 43.
• Molothrus badius, i. 84, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 95, 104.
• —— bonariensis, i. 18, 72, 74, 75, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 91, 92, 93, 154.
• —— pecoris, i. 72, 74, 86.
• —— rufoaxillaris, i. 86, 91, 92, 93, 95, 104.
• —— sericeus, i. 72.
• Molú Chueké, ii. 219.
• Molybdophanes cærulescens, ii. 112.
• Mourning Finch, i. 54.
• Mouse-brown Tyrant, i. 119.
• Muscicapara viridicata, i. 146.
• Muscisaxicola macloviana, i. 133.
• —— maculirostris, i. 134.
• —— mentalis, i. 133, 134.
• —— rufivertex, i. 134.
• Muscovy Duck, ii. 129.
• Mycteria americana, ii. 106.
• Myiarchus atriceps, i. 157; ii. 223.
• —— erythrocercus, i. 156.
• —— fasciatus, i. 126; ii. 227.
• —— ferocior, i. 156; ii. 223.
• —— ferox, i. 156, 157.
• —— tyrannulus, i. 156, 157.
• Myiobius nævius, i. 151.
• Myiodynastes solitarius, i. 150.
• Myiotheretes rufiventris, i. 82, 112, 114, 117; ii. 76.