510 Mr. E. Gihson on the Ornitholoffi/ of [Ibis, 



to roost in, for I have never seen the bird or birds in any 

 bnt the Eucalyptus, from that of 1884 to date. To show 

 how little shy it is. the first individual's tree was within 

 twenty yards of the billiard-room, adjoiniuj^- the Yngleses 

 dwelling-house. 



That it nests with us is [)ossil)l(', bnt I have never detected 

 any proof that such is the case. On coming in to roost at 

 sundown the birds are sometimes silent, sweeping up to 

 their perch and remaining for the night. Otherwise, they 

 circle round once or twice, when the cry or scream is very 

 striking, clamorous and metallic. 



I weighed a [)air. The male scaled 1 lb. 9 ozs. ; the 

 female 2 lbs. 5 ozs. The discrepancy is the more striking 

 when dissection showed that the former contained in the 

 crop the best part of a Spotted Dove (Zenaida maculata 

 Vieill.) and the latter only the remains of a small l)ird. 



304. Falco fusco - caeriilescens Yieill. Orange - chested 



Hobby. 



Iris brown. Eyelids, nostrils, and gape pale greenish- 

 yellow. Beak bluish-grey, shading into black at tip. Eeet 

 bright yellow ; claws black. 



This Patagonian Hobby (which I formerly alluded to as 

 Hypotriorchis femoralis Temm. in 'The Ibis" for 1879, 

 p. 412) is an extremely rare visitor to our district. The 

 only records are three : — A male shot on 23 August, 1875, 

 a female on 28 June, 1880, arid another female collected by 

 Miss Runnacles on 27 Jiine, 1901). My own two specimens 

 were shot in the Yngleses head-station woods. It will be 

 noticed that the dates correspond to the winter-season. 



305. Tinnunculus cinnamomimus Sw. Cinnamon Kestrel. 



Since I last wrote of this species in 1879 (under the name 

 of T. sparverius Linn.) it would seem to have become 

 scarcer. My diary actually only mentions three occurrences 

 (the earliest being on 5 March and the latest 11 September), 

 ^hich — even allowing for my frequent absences in the 

 winter-time — is but a poor record. Claude Grant expressly 



