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47. Hcematopus palHatus, vulg. Tiratira, in October and Nov- 

 ember deposits two or three eggs on the sand near the borders of 

 the sea. 



48. JRallus hicolor (ccesius, Spix ?), vulg. Siden, lays in Octo- 

 ber and November three or four eggs, which it deposits in a 

 badly-made nest, composed of grass, which it conceals among the 

 marshy plants. 



49. Gallinula crasstrostris, vulg. SoUoIla, builds in October, on 

 the border of small streams, a rude nest, in which it deposits 

 three or four e^^^s. 



50. Fulica Ghilensis, vulg. Tagua, builds in September and 

 October a large nest, composed of broken rushes heaped together, 

 which it places in inundated marshes in the midst of the reeds, 

 and there lays from four to eight eggs. 



51. Podilymhus antarcticus, vulg. Picurid, builds on small 

 streams a flat, floating nest, composed of wet grass, in which it 

 lays in October and November three or four eggs. 



52. Larus glaucodes, vulg. Caguil, {ChelU in Chiloe), assem- 

 bles in flocks, in the last of November or during December, to 

 lay their eggs. They retire for this purpose to lakes in the vicin- 

 ity of the sea-shore, or to the rivers in the south of Chili. They 

 build large floating nests, composed of grass and rushes, selecting 

 places covered with rushes. In these nests they deposit two or 

 three eggs. 



53. Larus Dominicanus, vulg. Garrota, chooses for laying the 

 summits of inaccessible rocks on the sea-shore, and deposits tow- 

 ard the last of November and in December two or three eo-o^s, 

 on a rock or upon the grass, with hardly any appearance of a 

 nest. 



54. Sterna aranea, vulg. Chibrillo, {Chiliuta in Chiloe), as- 

 sembles in flocks, in November and December, to lay their eggs, 

 and chooses for this sandy shores, depositing two or three eggs on 

 the ground, without building a nest. 



55. Dajila Bahamensis, vulg. Pato jergon grande, \'<\ys from five 

 to eight eggs, from August to October. It chooses for its nest 

 half-dry marshes, the borders of streams, and even grain-fields. 



56. Anas cristata, vulg. Pato juarjual, retires to lay in the 

 Cordilleras,, at the height of from six to eiofht thousand feet. It 

 chooses peat bogs and small swamps in which to build a simple 

 nest, wherein it deposits from four to six eggs. 



