52 Journal Mouth of Canal #7 into Laguna Mar Chiquita, 22 Km N of Mar Chiquita, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina 16 October cont'd see part the elks, and with the scope distant ~30 Hgodwit, 24 flamingos, a few gulls, 3 b-necked swans, ducks, and 5 olivaceous cormorants, and several great gyles. At the far end of the lake are large numbers of swan and flamingos; many great gyles spread out over the water. 0940 headed back to camp. We saw here capybara + nutria tracks, as well as a fox. 1000-shot a wrytail in front of the mouth of the canal 35 Km S of Juancho by road, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina On our way to Gral Madariaga we stopped at the field where I had shot the buffy the previous day. The birds were still there; many of them. We went onto the house to again try + get permission, but found that the Capataz, a Sr. Costas, would not be back till dusk. We got temporary permission to go walk onto the land to collect. I got one buffy.(024) There were easily as many of them this time as before, but perhaps fewer golden plovers. After we then left for Gral. Madariaga, and at 1800 we back to talk to the Capataz. Just before he arrived we saw 2 short-eared owls and one long-winged harrier hunting over the nearby fields. Costas says that the Estancia is called El Medaland, owned by Sr. Arvelaiz of Mar de Plata, living at the corner of Reason & Albert (or something like that). We also secured camping + hunting permis- sion for tomorrow night. Mouth of Canal #7 into Laguna Mar Chiquita, 22 Km N of Mar Chiquita, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina 14 October. Out excorsed in tule by the edge of the marsh by 0530. I located myself 500 paces to the north of the mouth of the canal, right in front of a large (in area) but low sand bank on which the birds have been (both morning + evening on previous days). I was about