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and are peculiarly addicted to the habit (so characteristic of 

 many Limicoline birds) of repeatedly jerking up the head 

 and body. 



■\ 115. NuMENius HUDsoNicus (Lath.) . 



Numenius hudsonicus, Sharpe, B. M. C. xxiv. p. 364. 



(Vina del Mar, near Valparaiso.) 



This species occurs generally in flocks along the coast, 

 migrating according to season. It is called by the natives 

 " Perdiz del mar/' or Sea-Partridge. Its habits are some- 

 ■what like those of the Common Curlew, but the whistle is 

 not so loud. 



[I find no MS. notes on three species of Gulls of which 

 Mr. Lane obtained specimens, now in the British Museum : 

 namely, Larus serranus (Huasco and Sacaya), L. maciilipennis 

 (Villa del Mar, Arauco, and Laraqueti), and L. gtaucodes 

 (Viiia del Mar, Arauco, and Laraqueti). Cf. Saunders, 

 B. M. C. vol. XXV.— P. L. S.] 



-f-116. PUFFINUS GRISEUS (Gm.). 



Pt/ffinus griseus, Salvin, B. M. C. xxv. p. 386. 



(Corral.) 



On November 3rd, 1890, great numbers of these Petrels 

 visited the bay at Corral, extended in a line of some miles 

 in length. From a distance they presented a remarkable 

 appearance, numbers being settled on the water, whilst the 

 air above was full of them, flying in regular succession 

 from the rear to the front of the column. On sculling out I 

 found the line of those swimming was from a quarter to half 

 a mile across. They were not swimming thickly together, 

 but from one to three yards apart. I did not bag more than 

 one to each shot I fired, as most of them were only wounded, 

 and, as is usually the case, difficult to secure, and whilst 

 I pursued one the rest got well away. The wounded birds, on 

 being hauled into the boat, attacked everything most fero- 

 ciously with their bills, not only biting and worrying oars and 

 cordage, but even each other, screaming and tearing out each 

 other's feathers wholesale, so that before I got time to kill 

 them outright some of them had nearly plucked the others. 

 They varied in size, a male measuring 18-5 inches long; bill 



