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and as suddenly disappear after having searched the Fuchsia 

 flowers. 



A beautifull pricMij shrub or small tree with dark green 

 shining leaves and lovely bright blue berries was quite 

 common here. 



Here for the first time I saw a bird which till now had 

 only been a wandering voice. 



In the bushes I had often been surprised by a kind of 

 peal of laughter close by me, but had never been able to 

 see the author. 



Here the bird was less shy and I saw that the noise 

 came from Pteroptockus rubecula. 



This is a lovely brown bird with redbrown breast about 

 double the size of our Robin. 



It is very much shaped like our own brown Wren but 

 also approaches the Robin in shape. It is very common 

 in the woods of Chili but although it is heard so often 

 it is seldom seen. 



I followed the little stream as far as I could and was 

 delighted with the lovely wild scenery. 



In the lake were numerous Chilian Pintails {Dafila spini- 

 cauda) and two kinds of Podiceps and in the ditches a good 

 many Cinclodes fuscns. 



In a low meadow near the lake were a lot of small 

 birds and the lovely Lessonia nigra was again present. 



Following the course of the river with its hamhoogroivn hanks 

 I came across six specimens of the beautiful A^ias specularis. 



The people of Peulla call them Geese as they are so 

 much larger than the little Pintails. 



From Peulla I rode to Casa Pangui which was to be 

 our last restingpoint before we crossed the Cordilleras to 

 reach the ISTahuel Huapi lake. 



The road leads through beautiful woods which grow in 

 the valley along the river. The river is a wild mountain 

 stream which has the inconvenient proclivity to change its 

 course and extend very often. 



The result is that it takes away road and bridges which 

 have been made at great cost. 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, Vol. XXXV, 



