1 14 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



each note more separate. They alight on the branch of a tree, horizontally, in 

 the manner of ordinary birds ; but occasionally I have seen one clinging in an 

 upright position to a post. They appear to feed exclusively on the ground. 



CoLAPTES Chilensis. Vigors. 



Picus Chilensis, Garnot, Voy. de la CoquUle, Zool. pi. 52. 



This bird frequents the dry stony hills of central Chile, on which only a few 

 bushes and trees grow. It is closely related in habits and structure to the fore- 

 going species, and appears to be its representative on the western side of the 

 Cordillera ; hence I cannot but think the institution of the above two genera 

 unfortunate. It is the "P«7wt" of Molina, which name, I imagine, it derives from 

 its peculiar cry. Molina states, that it builds its nest in holes in banks. 



1. DiPLOPTERus N^iiVius. Boie. 



Cuculus naevius, Lath. Ind. 220. 



Rio de Janeiro. April. 



2. DiPLOPTERUS GUIRA. G.R.Gray. 



Cuculus guira, Linn. 



Crotophaga Piririgua, Vieil. Gal. des Ois. pi. 44. 



Ptiloleptus cristatus, Swains. 



Buenos Ayres, In small flocks ; a noisy, chattering bird. 

 Crotophaga ani. Litin. 



Petit Bout-de-Petun, pi. enl. 102. f. 2. 



Rio de Janeiro. May. The stomach of several specimens contained remains 

 of numerous Orthopterous, and some Coleopterous insects. 



Order GYRATONES. Bonap. 



1. COLUMBA FiTZROYII. King. 



Columba Fitzroyii, Alwy., in Proc. of Zool. Soc. part 1, 1830, p. 14. 



Coluniba denisea, Temm. pi. col. 502. 



Columba araucana, Less. Voy. de Coqu. pi. 40. ? 



Peninsula of Tres Montes. Lat. 46° S. January. Captain King's speci- 

 mens were obtained at Chiloe, three degrees northward. I procured other speci- 

 mens near Valparaiso. This bird therefore frequents dry rocky land, and damp 

 impervious forests. 



