186/.] MR. p. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. 333 



Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.). 



Mr. Salvin has a Chihan specimen of this bird, received from Herr 

 Leybold. Darwin says it is common on the mud-banks of Chiloe 

 (Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 1*29). 



Numenius borealis, Forst. 



We have little doubt that N. microrhynchus of Philippi (Wie'gm. 

 Arch. 186t>, p. 129) is referable to this species, which, under its 

 synonym of N. brevirostiis, Temm., is already known to occur at 

 Buenos Ayres (Darw. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 129). 



Fam. Rallid.«. 



Rallus sanguinolentus, Sw. An. in Men. p. 335 ; Darwin, 

 Zool. Beagle, iii. p. 133. 



Ralius ccesius, Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 301; Schlegel, Mus. d. P.-B. 

 Ralli, p. 8. 



R. bicolor, Gay, F. C. Aves, p. 434. 



R. ricordi, Bp. (teste Schlegelio). 



Of this Rail, which appears to be peculiar to Chili, Mr. Salvin has 

 a skin received from Leybold. Dr. Schlegel appears to have quite 

 overlooked Swainson's description of it, and his accurate distinction 

 of it from the nearly allied R. nigricans of Eastern South America. 



Rallus antarticus, King, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 95. 



Ralius rufopenriis, G. R. Graj'^, MS. 



R. idiginosus, Phil. Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 83. 



A skin of this species in Salvin' s collection was received by Mr. 

 Gould from Dr. Philippi along with some Humming-birds. It was 

 not marked as belonging to the species described as R. uliginosus, 

 but appears to agree with the characters given I. c. 



Porsana jamaicensis (Gm.). 



Three skins of a Crake, received by Mr. Salvin from Dr. Philippi 

 through Mr. Gould, do not differ appreciably from northern speci- 

 mens of this species, of which I have also a specimen from the inter- 

 mediate locality of Lima, transmitted to me by Prof. Nation. 



Hydrocicca melanops (Vieill.). 



Rallus melanops, Vieill. (ex Azara, 373). — Gallinida crassirostris, 

 J. E. Gray; Bridges, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 118. 



Mr. Salvin has an example of this bird received from Leybold of 

 Santiago. 



Three species of Fulica inhabit the fresh waters of Chili, and are 

 fully described by Herr Landbeck (Wiegm. Arch. 1862, p. 214) under 

 the names F. chloropoides, F. chilensis, and F. rujifrons. Unfor- 

 tunately Landbeck was not acquainted with Dr. Hartlaub's excellent 

 article on Fulica in the extra heft of Cabanis's ' Journal f. Oru.' for 

 1853, and has consequently misnamed them all. According to 

 Hartlaub F. rujifrons, Landbeck, is F. leucojpyya, Licht., which is 



