on the Birds of Chili. 311 



half being black ; tail 2'5, wing o'76, tarsus 1*5, The legs 

 and feet were dark gallstone-yellow. I have no details by 

 me of the larger Tringa which I got at Sacaya (Tarapaca), 

 but this seemed to be similar *. 



-/-112. Tringa bairdi^ Coucs. 



' Tringi bairdi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 137. 



Hetcropygia bairdi, Sharpe, B. M. C. xxiv. p. 570, 



(Cancosa, Sacaya, and Lake Huasco.) 



This species was plentiful at Huasco, Sacaya, and other 

 places in Tarapaca until the end of March. Length 6*5 

 inches, bill '9, tail 2*25, wing 4-5, tarsus '75 ; bill, legs, feet, 

 and eyes black. 



The note is a soft whistling trill, uttered when ilia bird 

 takes wing. The habits are similar to those of the common 

 Sanderling. 



—113. TOTANUS MELANOLEUCUS (Gm.). 



Totanus melanoleucus, Sharpe, B. M. C. xxiv. p. 426. 



I got a specimen of this species in the south near the 

 river Pilmaiguen, in the middle of February. This bird, 

 which was a male, measured 14 inches long ; bill (to rictus) 

 2'35 ; tail 3"5, containing two middle rectrices and five 

 lateral each side; wing 7*35 ; tarsus 2*8. Eye black ; legs and 

 feet deep chrome-yellow ; claws black. Its local name is 

 Serapita = Zarapito . 



-fill. ToTANUS FLAVIPES (Gm.). 



Totanus flavipes, Sharpe, B. M. C. xxiv. p. 431 ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1891, p. 137. 



Birds of this species are fairly plentiful at Huasco, Sacaya, 

 and Caracosa, and other localities in Tarapaca, where they 

 breed, probably about December. They may migrate alto- 

 gether during the winter season, at least some do. They 

 are known there as the " Chiuli-chiuli,'' which name is 

 probably derived from the note of the bird, which is fre- 

 quently heard. 



They resort to the margins of pools and to shallow waters, 



* [The larger Tringa of Tarapaca is also of this species. Cf. B. M. C. 

 xxiv. p. 566.— P. L. S.] 



