Henry Durnford, a member of the British Ornithologists' Union, whose
early decease was a severe loss to ornithological science, was a
constant worker on birds from the time of his arrival in Buenos Ayres in
1875 until his death in 1878. The birds collected by Durnford are now
mostly in the British Museum. His published papers on this subject are
the following (see also biographical notice in 'Ibis,' 1879, p. 121):--
(1) Ornithological Notes from the Neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres.
Ibis, 1876, p. 157.
[Notes made during his first five months' residence at Belgrano, five
miles north-west of Buenos Ayres. About 70 species are mentioned.]
(2) Notes on the Birds of the Province of Buenos Ayres. Ibis, 1877,
p. 166, and 1878, p. 58.
[Notes made principally at Baradero, 90 miles W.N.W. of Buenos Ayres.
In the first paper 144 species are mentioned and _Porzana spiloptera_
is described and figured as new. In the second 47 species, mostly
additional, are noticed.]
(3) Notes on some Birds observed in the Chupat Valley, Patagonia, and
in the Neighbouring District. Ibis, 1877, p. 27.
[Durnford first visited Chupat, on the river of the same name, in
Eastern Patagonia (43° 20´ S. lat.), in October 1876; 62 species of
birds are noted and commented upon.]
(4) Notes on the Birds of Central Patagonia. Ibis, 1878, p. 389.
[Durnford's second visit to Chupat extended from September 1877 to April
1878. The list of birds is now extended to 89, and it is not believed
that many more will be found to occur in the district.]
(5) Last Expedition to Tucuman and Salta. Ibis, 1880, p. 411, pl.
xii.
[This is an almost verbatim copy of Durnford's journal in 1878, during
his expedition to Tucuman and Salta. Many notes on birds are inserted.
Durnford died at Campo Santo, in the province of Salta, on July 13th,
1878. The collection made on this occasion was worked out by Mr. Salvin
(Ibis, 1880, p. 351, see below).]