Tantalus Mexicanus, Ord. Journ. Acad. Phil.
Tantalus chalcopterus? Temm.
Ibis Falcinellus, Bonap. Am. Orn. iii.
My specimen was obtained at the Rio Negro: it is very numerous in large flocks on the vast swampy plains between Bahia Blanca and Buenos Ayres. Its flight when soaring is singularly graceful; the whole flock moving in precise concert.
1. Numenius hudsonicus. Lath.
Numenius Hudsonicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 712.
This curlew is very abundant on the tidal mud-banks of Chiloe. When the flock rises, each bird utters a shrill note.
2. Numenius brevirostris. Licht.
Numenius brevirostris, Licht. Cat. 75, sp. 774 a.
Buenos Ayres.