. Bird lore . araphrase Thoreau, is one of theinstances where, if names were invented to conceal facts, zoological nomen-clature is a great improvement on a bad invention! Within certain rathernarrow limits it varies locally in color and size, and many well-marked geo-graphical races may be recognized in its surprisingly extended range; but theyshould not let us lose sight of the fact that whether we call them species or sub-species, they are all representatives of the House Wren. In the larger parks and gardens there were Ground Doves and numbers oflarge Pigeons, whose sonorous calls echoed t
. Bird lore . araphrase Thoreau, is one of theinstances where, if names were invented to conceal facts, zoological nomen-clature is a great improvement on a bad invention! Within certain rathernarrow limits it varies locally in color and size, and many well-marked geo-graphical races may be recognized in its surprisingly extended range; but theyshould not let us lose sight of the fact that whether we call them species or sub-species, they are all representatives of the House Wren. In the larger parks and gardens there were Ground Doves and numbers oflarge Pigeons, whose sonorous calls echoed through the groves of eucalyptusand araucaria. The attractive zoological garden contains but a meager repre-sentation of Perus rich avifauna, and a self-invited group of Anis, which wereconstructing a large nest in a small tree bordering one of the walks, formed amore interesting ornithological exhibit than any the directors had provided. The Rirnac River, on which Lima is situated, runs throughout the year and. WHITE-THROATED SONG SPARROW i6o Bird - Lore supplies water for the irrigation of a comparatively large area. This is almostwholly under cultivation in cotton, sugar-cane, and alfalfa, but there arestretches of bottom-lands and river-margins, subject to overflow, unfit foragriculture, where wild cane and the scrubby bushes which apparently belongto the natural flora of the region, still flourish. I hope in time to obtain datawhich will show the effects of irrigation on the distribution of bird-life in thisand similar oases of western Peru, but the only observations I could make onthis occasion were passing glimpses from an automobile or car-window ofSparrow Hawks, Red-breasted Troupials, Mockingbirds, Anis, several speciesof Doves (Chcemepelia, Zenaida, Columba), Sparrows (Brachyspiza, Vola-tinia, Sicalis), and Vermilion Flycatchers. The latter bird is found here intwo forms, one of which is the normal brown above with the crown and under-parts vermilion, while the other
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