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mingo at the Nujufghuru^7«ee/, near Delhi, very close indeed to 

 the spot where the Delhi bird was captured. 

 I am. Sir, 



Yours faithfully, 



T. C. Jerdon, 

 Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. 

 10th January, 1869. 



Sandy Point, Strait of Magellan, 

 January 13th, 1869. 



Sir, — Although I have but little information to give you in 

 the ornithological line, I dare say you will not object to receiv- 

 ing a short notice of my movements since I wrote last. Soon 

 after that I paid a visit to Santiago^ and saw the museum there, 

 which interested me greatly ; and I had the pleasure of meeting 

 Dr. Philippi, with whom 1 was delighted. The museum con- 

 tains an admirable representation of the natural history of Chili — 

 though comparatively few specimens are exposed to the public 

 gaze, owing to the very small space that can be obtained for 

 them. Dr. Philippi was most kind in showing me all that I 

 wished to sec, and imparted to me much information on the 

 botany and geology of the country. The collection of the birds 

 of Chili, including those of the Strait of Magellan, is a very fine 

 one; but I think I have sent you several from the Strait that 

 it does not contain. 



We left Valparaiso on the 3rd of November, on our way to 

 the Channels, visiting Sata, Sico Bay, Chiloe, and the Chonos 

 Archipelago. At Chiloe I procured a few additional species of 

 birds, including a Woodpecker, one or two small Finches, and 

 one of the two species of Hamatopus which are met with in the 

 Strait — the black-and-white one resembling our British bird. At 

 Port Saguna, in the Chonos Archipelago, I obtained a specimen 

 of the other species. I also got a few crania of Myopotamus. 

 We entered the Channels on the 27th of November, and passed 

 slowly southward through them, reaching Shell Bay at the 

 southern entrance of Smyth^s Sound on the 21st of December. 

 The following day we crossed the Strait to the northern part of 



