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6. Eustephanus fernandensis, Juan Fernandez. 



7. leyboldi, Mas-afuera. ^ 



8. Asio brachyotus, Juan Fernandez, 



9. Circus macropterus , Mas-afuera. 



10. Buteo exsul, Mas-afuera. 



11. swainsoni, Mas-afuera. 



12. Tinnunculus sparverius, Juan Fernandez. 



13. Hamatopus ater, Mas-afuera. 



14. Daption capensis, Juan Fernandez and Mas-afuera. 



15. (Estrelata externa, Mas-afuera. 



16. Pu^nus creatopus, Juan Fernandez. 



17. Spheniscus humboldti, Juan Fernandez. 



Tavo other species of Petrels are said to frequent these 

 islands, viz. Thalassmca glacialoides and (Estrelata (?) macu- 

 lata ; but of neither have I yet seen examples. Of this family 

 several other members doubtless also occur, such as (Estrelata 

 sericea, (E. defilippiana, and also other species common on 

 the coasts of Chili and Peru. 



XXXII. — Notes on Rhipidura rufifrons, with a Description of 

 its Eggs and Nest. By Edward P. Ramsay, C.M.Z.S. &c. 



This showy and interesting species is a regular visitor to the 

 neighbourhood of Sydney. Although I cannot ascertain that 

 it is strictly a migratory bird. Like many of our species it 

 roams over the country at stated intervals ; thus, near Sydney 

 and Parramatta &c. it makes its appearance in pairs about 

 the end of March, sometimes earlier, sometimes later than 

 the 20th of the month. They frequently remain until the 

 end of September : a few may stay through the summer to 

 breed ; but the majority of them either leave us altogether, or 

 disperse themselves so thinly over the country that they are 

 seldom seen ; and although I have frequently looked for them, 

 I have never yet found them breeding near Sydney. In the 

 dense brushes and scrubs on the Clarence and Richmond 

 rivers in New South Wales, and on the Mary, Burnett, and 

 other rivers in Queensland, I have occasionally met with them 



