of the Straits of Magellan. 429 



find any description of the species in my books, I sha)! therefore 

 give the following characters. 



Sylvia obscuua. 



Sylv. corpore unicolore fusco-nigro, alts brcvibits rolundatis, 

 Cauda brevi\ pedibus elongatis fortibus pallidis. 



The length of this bird from the apex of the bill to that of the 

 tail is 4| inches ; of the wing from the carpal joint to the end of 

 the fourth quill feather, Ij ; of the tall, 1| ; of the tarsi, |. 



23. I consider this bird as the species which M. Vieillot has 

 figured under the name of Troglodytes fiirva, (Galerie des 

 Oiseaux, pi. 167.) It is the Motacilla furva of Gmelin, (Syst. 

 Nat. 1. p. 994. no. 168.) 



24. A bird nearly allied to the last. — It is a young bird, brown- 

 ish with longitudinal fuscous striae on the head, back, and wings. 

 The tail is barred like the preceding, wiiich would incline me to 

 think that it belongs to the same species, were not the bill 

 somewhat stronger at the base. I shall endeavour to procure 

 more of them, aud ascertain the species. 



25. A species of Fringilla, or rather, I suspect, of Emberiza ; 

 the bill being injured I cannot decide to which group it belongs. 

 It appears to me to be undescribed ; but I do not wish to say 

 more respecting it until I possess better materials for description. 



26. A Fringilla. — This I think is probably the Fr. australis^ 

 or the rusty collared Finch of Dr. Latham, (Ind. Orn. p. 466. 

 No. 112. Gen. Hist., Vol. vi., p. 128,, No. HI.); although his 

 description is too short to decide the species with certainty. The 

 rusty coloured collar round the neck is a strong character, and 

 inclines me to think that both birds are of the same species. 



The above eight specimens were procured at Port Famine. 



27. A female specimen of the Siurnus miliiaris, Lum.; — not 

 uncommon in the Straits. 



28. This is one of those black species which are so numerous 

 and so ill defined among the American Sturnidx. I cannot ven- 



