330 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 28, 



Falcon I N.^L, 



Three true Falcons only appear to occur in Chili, namely Falco 

 peregj-inus, Linn., Hypotriorchis femoralis (Temm.), and Tinnun- 

 culus sparverius, 



Falco nigriceps, figured and described by Cassin in Gilliss's ' Ex- 

 pedition ' (ii. p. l/Ci, t. 14), seems to have been intended to com- 

 prise the Peregrines of Western America, both North and South ; 

 but Chilian specimens are not considered by Mr. Gurney to be sepa- 

 rable from the European F. pereyrhms. 



MlLVIN^. 



Elanus leucurus, Vieill., a wide-ranging species in America, occurs 

 in Chili, as recorded by most writers. Salvin has a specimen re- 

 ceived from the vicinity of Santiago. 



ClRCIN^. 



Of this group one species only has been hitherto generally recog- 

 nized as Chilian, namely Circus cinereus (Vieill.), which extends 

 throughout Patagonia info the Falkland Islands, and on the eastern 

 side over La Plata up to Corrientes and the southern parts of Brazil. 

 Philippi (Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 14) records Circus macropterus, 

 Vieill., as also of occasional occurrence there ; and more recently 

 Pelzeln (Novara Voyage, pp. 13, 14) mentions two other species as 

 having been obtained in Chili by the naturalists of that expedition, 

 namely C, poliopterus, Tsch., and C. meyaspilus, Gould. The 

 former of these is doubtless a good species ; but the latter, as figured 

 by Gray (Genera, pi. 11), is probably a young bird, and is referred 

 by Schlegel (Musee des P.-B., Circi) to the young of C. poliopterus. 



Order COLUxMB.E. 



The following are the recognized species of this order inhabiting 

 Chili :— 



(1) Columba araucana. Less. ; G. B. Gray, List of Columbse in 

 B.M. p. 33. 



(2) C. meridionalis. King; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 52. 



(3) Zenaida miriculata (Gay) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 82. 



(4) Melopelia meloda (Tschudi). 



This species, which is stated by Gay* and Bonapartef to have 

 been met with in Chili during the voyage of the ' Bonite,' is not in- 

 cluded in the zoology of that voyage ; but Herr Landbeck informs 

 me, in a letter, that he has lately obtained an undoubtedly Chilian 

 specimen of it. 



(5) Metriopelia melanoptera (Gm.) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 75. 



(G) Columbula strepitans (Spix) ; Pelzeln, Novara-Keise, Aves, 

 p. 109. 



* Z. souleyetiania, Gay, F. Ch. Aves, p. 380. 

 t Consp. li. p. 81. 



