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some en the Rio Conta. Most of the former appeared to be 

 young birds, and were of a darker colouring and immature. 



120. PODILYMBUS ANTARCTICUS (LeSS.) . 



(Llanquehui and Rio Bueno.) 



I met with this species first at Frutillar by the Laguna 

 Llanquehui, where I secured a couple. It was not so 

 plentiful as the large and small species of true Grebe. I 

 subsequently got one where the Rio Conta joins the Rio 

 Bueno, but the bird did not appear to be plentiful in these 



121. Spheniscus magellanicus (Porster). 



(Corral.) 



This Penguin is numerous all about the southern coasts 

 of Chili and neighbouring archipelagoes. In the islands of 

 some of the latter and in Tierra del Fuego I was told that 

 it bred in large quantities. There were a good many 

 about Corral in summer-time, and I believe the species 

 becomes more numerous in winter. 



It is called by the natives " el Pajaro niiio/' which in 

 English is '' little boy bird/' Some of the more educated 

 Chilians call it "^la Penguina/' from the Spanish word, which 

 is the same as the English. 



These birds are usually to be seen floating on the water, 

 and occur for some distance out at sea. When in good con- 

 dition they contain such a quantity of oil that it is almost 

 useless to try to skin them. 



I usually saw from two to five of these birds in company 

 together. 



[The specimen from Corral obtained by Mr. Lane, and 

 now in the British Museum, belongs to S. magellanicus, and 

 not to S. humbohUi, which is, I suspect, a more northern 

 species. — P. L. S.] 



122. NOTHOPROCTA PERDICARIA (Kittl.). 



Nothoprocta perdicaria, Salvad. B. M. C. xxvii. p. 553. 

 (Maquegua.) 



The Tinamous are generally spoken of as '' Partridges " in 

 South America, and are so called by British residents. The 



