1872.] MR. W. H. HUDSON ON PATAGONIAN BIRDS. 5-17 



and are visited by the birds every day. They g0 in covevs of 



» fcet^M ^ fy / n ~' ^ Whe " disturbed do VS no°t 

 usually take to flight, but start up one after another and run off 

 wi .amazing swiftness, uttering as they run shrine" ing "ries 



spect eve, v on In ^f \ and differs rem ^kably in another 

 respect . eveiy 20 or 30 yards the w ngs cease their vibration r P 



ThTfli! h rr nless for a / ec T d - wiienthe ^l7 e :X:x: t : 



die aS and r° mpaU1 l d "'^ l oft Wailhl » llote that *Ppear 8 to 

 Thus7h y e flltlT SWeH ^ the , flappin S ° f the wi »S s " "inewed. 

 like hat nf S ^ V 7 e " eS ° f rUsh6S ' rather than a continuous rush 

 ke that of the Perdiz grande. The call of this species is never 

 heard m winter ; but in the month of September the/ beg no "tie 

 m the evening a plaintive, slightly modulated whistle as smW 



and a X ^n TT ^^ U P' a ° d " heir cal1 is h eard on 'every ha d § 

 and often all day long from dawn till after dark. The call vS 

 greatly m different individuals, from a single whi tie into a ion J of 

 five or six notes, resembling that of the Perdiz arande but Sor 



n n trrdXof s : eel T'- , The / begin to breed - M an ™; 

 ^tLS^s: Quail * possess a s 3* - 



23. [Perdiz chicho*.] 



You will, perhaps, have doubt about this bird being a new species • so 

 great is its resemblance to the Perdiz eomun ?i * a£/a P / 

 CTemm ^ P T «in, t „ . , comMW i»- e - Nothura maculosa 



PamTs Aft! ] ' CSSe D r Partrid S e > amnion everywhere on the 



resSfn "'thete LTh V1,1S " Patag ° Uia ' * was told h 7 ^ Persons 

 found fn^Hiir W6re tW ° Species ofsma11 Partridge : one I 



Si3n" '~, ; - - s — «S 



Perdtz camun This bird, so abundant everywhere on Te Pan,™ 



at:trg^^t;i% habi ^ the ^ ^^3$ 



butaiE'n? rT^ 1 doe8amon 8 st reeds: the y are se ™ sinely. 

 tame inT ° f f lndlvldua ^ are usually seen in proximity. They are 

 tame in disposition, and move in a leisurely manner s tt£»?f£ 

 -Ik or run a succession of soft whistling 7 note, NSSH^JJZ 



identical. The type of N. dawinil* flSmSiS pI' ^ fc,B to be 



Darwin (Vov. Bel&e, Bl^^l^*!^-?£|k " SP ° ken ° f by 



