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Tkinga minutilla. 



Tringa minutilla, Vieill. ; Darwin, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 131 ; Sol. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870^ p. 323. 



Hah. Galapagos {Darwin) ; Indefatigable Island (ffabel). 



" I only obtained two females of this species, indicating its scai'city on these islands. 

 I noticed that the legs of one of these specimens were grey, while those of the other 

 were green. One bird I shot in a lagoon that was drying up. It remained alone after 

 all the other waders had departed, thus proving to be less shy than the others. The 

 food of this species appears to consist of insects as well as crabs ; for in one I found the 

 former, and in the other the latter food." — ff. 



Genus Numenius. 

 Also a world-wide genus, N. hudsonicus ranging from the arctic regions of North 

 America to Cape Horn. 



Numenius hudsonicus. 

 Numenius hudsonicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 712; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 823. 



Ifad. Indefatigable Island {Habel). 



" This Curlew is the shiest bird on the islands, permitting of no near approach. No 

 sooner does it get sight of a person, which it does at a great distance, and far out of 

 reach of a gun, than it utters its shrill call and flies away. It thus alarms the other 

 waders frequenting the beach or drying lagoons, inducing them to take flight also. It 

 can only be approached under cover of bushes. Its food consists of crabs and other 

 crustaceans. On the mainland it is known as el Piloto (the Pilot), and is supposed to 

 indicate by its call a change of weather. I found it on all the islands I visited." — H. 



Genus Angus. 

 Anous is found in all tropical seas, A. stolidus, by far the commonest of its species, 

 ranging wherever the genus is found. 



Angus stolidus. 



Sterna stolida, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 227. 

 Megalopterus stolidus, Darwin, Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 145. 

 Anous stolidus, Sundev. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 125. 



Eab. Galapagos {Darwin, Sundevall) ; Dalrymple Rock, Chatham Island {Kellett tl' 

 Wood). 



Genus Larus. 



Larus is found throughout the world, frequenting the sea-coast. The species found 

 in the Galapagos is peculiar to those islands, and belongs to a section of the genus 

 called Blasi])us by Bonaparte. Its nearest allies are found on the western coasts of 

 North and South America. 



