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Opetiorhynchus vulgaris. 



Upiieerthia vulgaris, D'Orb. & Lafr. 



Brought from the Falkland Islands by Mr. Darwin. 



Opetiorhynchus antarcticus. 



Mr. Darwin states that the O. antarcticus has been long noticed 

 by voyagers to the Falkland Islands, from its extreme tameness. In 

 the year 1763, Pernety states, it was so tame, that it would almost 

 perch on his finger, and that in half an hour he killed ten with a 

 wand. 



Troglodytes platensis. 



MuSCISAXICOLA MACLOVIANA. 



Darwin states that this species inhabits the east Falkland Islands. 



Anthus correndera, Vieill. 



The egg of this bird may be thus described : — General hue olive 

 stone-colour, very thickly blotched and sprinkled, particularly at 

 the larger end, with deep umber-brown. Length J-| ; breadth -^. 



The nest, which is of a cup-shaped form and very neatly made, is 

 entirely composed of the stalks and fibres of fine grasses, the lining, 

 although of the same material, being much finer than the exterior ; 

 its diameter externally is 5 inches, and of the opening 2\. 



Melanodera typica, Bp. 



Mr. Darwin states that this bird is extremely abundant, in large 

 scattered flocks, in the Falkland Islands. I believe this is the bird 

 which Capt. Abbott calls the Sparrow of those islands ; if so, the 

 following is a description of its eggs and nest : — 



Ground-colour of the egg pale green, spotted and freckled all over 

 with deep chestnut-brown ; the spots so thickly deposited at the 

 larger end, as to all but exclude the ground-colour. Length J-|^ ; 

 breadth |^. 



The nest is outwardly composed of strong grass-stalks, lined with 

 finer grasses and a few feathers ; it is 5-^ inches over, the interior 

 cavity being 2\. 



Melanodera xanthogramma, Bp. 



"This species," says Mr. Darwin, "is common on the Falkland 

 Islands, and it often occurs mingled in the same flocks with the last 

 one : I suspect, however, it more commonly frequents the higher 

 parts of the hills." 



Chionis alba. 



SaUATAROLA? CINCTA. 



As Mr. Darwin states that this bird is common in the upland 



