On Birds collected in the Straits of Magellan. 499 



XL. — Third List of Birds collected, during the Survey of the 

 Straits of Magellan, by Dr. Cunningham. By P. L. Sclater, 

 M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S. With additional Note by The Editor. 



A THIRD collection of bird-skins formed by Dr. Cunningham, 

 who has now finally returned from the surveying expedition 

 of the Straits of Magellan, having been, like the two former*, 

 placed in the Museum of the University of Cambridge, has 

 been submitted to us for our determination by Professor Newton. 

 The follov/ing is a list of the thirty-three species it contains, 

 with the localities and dates of their collection : — 



1. Mimus thenca {Mol.) Coquimbo Aug. 5, 1868. 



2. Troglodytes magellanicus [Gould) . . Sandy Point .... Jan. 1869. 



3. Hirundo meyeni, Cab Sandy Point .... Jan. 1869. 



4. Zonotricliia pileata (Bodd.) Sandy Point .... Nov. 1868, 



Mar. 1869. 



5. Diuca grisea, Less Ancud Nov. 1868. 



6. Chrj'soniitris barbata {Mol.) Ancud, Sandy 



Point Jan. Nov. 1869. 



7. Geositta cunicularia (Vieill.) Coquimbo Aug. 5, 1868. 



8. Patagona gigas {Vieill.) Compana Aug. 31, 1868. 



9. Colaptes pitius {Mol) Ancud Nov. 17, 1868. 



10. Polyborus tharus {Mol.) Island of Quehuy Nov. 21, 1869. 



11. Tinnunculus sparverius {L.) Coquimbo July 31, 1868. 



t]2. Phalaciocorax carunculatus (Gm.) Mayne Harbour, 



Port Churruca . . April 2, 1869. 



13. Phalacrocorax magellanicus {Gm.) , . Port Churruca, 



Port Tamar March 1869. 



14. Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gm.). . . . Goods Bay April 1869. 



15. Theristicus melanopis {Vieill.) .... Sandy Point .... Jan. 9, 1869. 



16. Chloephaga antarctica {Gm.) Goods Bay April 12,1869. 



tl7. Chloephaga magclianica {Gm.) .... Elizabeth Isle .... Jan. 1869. 



18. Chloephaga poliocephala, Scl Port Grappler. . . . Dec. 1868 



19. Anas cristata, Gm Tuesday Bay .... Dec. 1868. 



20.^ Anas versicolor {Vieill.) Sandy Point .... Jan. 1869. 



21. Micropterus cinereus {Gm.) Gallegos River . . March 1869. 



22. Thinocorus rumicivorus, Esch Sandy Point .... March 1869. 



23. Haematopus palliatus, Temm Ancud Nov. 1868. 



24. Haematopus ater, Vieill. , Port Laguna .... Nov. 1868. 



25. Oreophilus ruficoUis {IVagl.) Gallegos River . . March 1869. 



* See Ibis, 1868, p. 183, and 1869, p. 283. 



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