. Bird-lore . Ploverwas found there, but a very large flock ofMountain Bluebirds was seen in a fieldwhich was being seeded, some hovering onthe wing, others taking their insect foodfrom the air or from the ground. The num-ber was estimated at from 100 to 200 also were in the fields in equallylarge numbers. In a weedy place were many Sparrows, including Western Chip-ping, Western Savanna, Western Lark,as well as the more common Gambel andGolden-crown. Extending their trip by way of SanPedro Harbor, where ten Egrets were seen,to Point Firmin and Whites Point, theyfound White-throate
. Bird-lore . Ploverwas found there, but a very large flock ofMountain Bluebirds was seen in a fieldwhich was being seeded, some hovering onthe wing, others taking their insect foodfrom the air or from the ground. The num-ber was estimated at from 100 to 200 also were in the fields in equallylarge numbers. In a weedy place were many Sparrows, including Western Chip-ping, Western Savanna, Western Lark,as well as the more common Gambel andGolden-crown. Extending their trip by way of SanPedro Harbor, where ten Egrets were seen,to Point Firmin and Whites Point, theyfound White-throated Swifts (about 200),a flock of 32 Black Turnstones, about thesame number of Killdeer, group aftergroup of Sanderling (totaling, perhaps,250), Snowy Plover and Spotted Sand-pipers in small numbers. White-wingedand Surf Scoters, and the dead bodies ofa Shearwater and a Fulmar. In InglewoodCemetery were gathered hundreds of Kill-deer scattered about in groups of 25 to B. Schneider, Los Angeles, L£^;y^^ A JUNCO PORTRAIT 2^oofe Ji^ettjjS anti CHebietuiS Birds of La Plata. By \V. H. Hudson,with 22 colored illustrations by J. M. Dent & Sons and Toronto. K. P. Dutton& Co., New \ork, 1920. Ro>. volumes. \ol. I, pp. xviii + 244,12 ills. \o]. II. p|). xi + 240. Some thirty-two years ago, as the seniorauthor of a work on Argentine birds,*Dr. P. L. Sclater introduced to the worldan Argentine ornithologist who has sincewon an enviable reputation as a liter-ary naturalist. To this work the juniorauthor contributed observations on the230-odd species of birds known to him,while Sclater, in addition to supplying thescientific framework of the book (descri])-tions, synonymy, etc.), added notes onabout an equal number from the recordedwritings of other ornithologists, the wholemaking a complete treatise on the avifaunaof the .\rgentine. .\cting on the frankly expressed beliefthat the only interest the original workstill retains for the reader
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