160 VOYAGES OF A NATURALIST 



name Corvina crawfordi. This fish was exceedingly- 

 abundant, and we were much surprised to find 

 that it had not previously been named. 



On 20th January, having taken a pilot for the 

 Straits of Magellan, we left Monte Video, but as 

 the day advanced we had to drop anchor, owing 

 to a very strong head wind, and for the remainder 

 of that day and the next we lay to. From this 

 time onward it became much colder, and we were 

 glad to get into winter clothing. This, however, 

 only applied to the temperature at sea — on 

 land in the Straits of Magellan, the furthest south 

 we reached, the air, although fresh, was certainly 

 not colder than during a fine April in England. 



On 22nd January the first diving petrels were 

 met with. These curious little birds were con- 

 tinually rising under our bows, flying a few yards, 

 and dropping suddenly into the sea, when they 

 immediately dived. This diving petrel — Peleca- 

 noides urinatrix — is exceedingly abundant through- 

 out the whole of the waters of the Straits of 

 Magellan. In appearance it reminds one forcibly 

 of the little auk, being glossy black above and 

 white below. The throat is speckled with grey, 

 and a white band crosses the wings. The wings 

 are very small and weak ; the bird, doubtless, is 

 losing the power of flight. A second species was 

 met with a week or two later in the Bay of 

 Valparaiso. This was Pelecanoides garnoti, which 

 differs from the former species chiefly in being 



