UKOOKS: FALKLAND ISLAM) IJIHDS. 15!) 



Tlrdus falklandicus Quoy &: Gainiard. 

 " Thrush ". 



Thrushes are coininon except near Port Stanley. Here tlie few 

 thrushes to he found are upon the hilltops about the rocks. Else- 

 where they were found near the shore, especially about patches of 

 ferns in which they like to nest. The nests are sometimes in sheltered 

 places in the rocks and occasionally in sheds like our own Robins. 

 The nests are bulky and composefl of grass. 



At least two broods are reared in a season. A young bird able to 

 fly was taken on November 3, and on the same day a nest containing 

 three fresh eggs. An immature bird taken on January 12, has pin 

 feathers of the first adult plumage. 



The song is of the same type as our Robin but less vigorous. 



-Vntfius phillipsi Brooks. 



Proc. X. E. zool. club, 6, ]). 20-27. 



"Skylark". 



This pipit is al)un(lant on tlie Falklands. 



It has certainly two, and perhaps three broods in a suiiuner. A nest 

 found on December 16 contained two young and two eggs about to 

 hatch. The nest was small, and placed in a tuft of grass on a hilltop. 



Like other species of pipits they are wild and restless birds. 



Phhygius malvinauum Brooks. 

 Proc. N. E. zool. club, 6, p. 2.')-2(i. 



The type of this strange finch is an inmiature bird. 



Phuygilus melanoderus (Quoy & Gaiuuird). 

 " Cock Sparrow ". 



This finch is common, scattered about the grassy coiuitry from the 

 valleys to the tops of the hills. 



The song is a short, clear "Clice-ru." 



