BIRDS. 187 



TEOCHILUS GALEEITUS, Molina. 



TrocMlus galeritus, Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chili, 1T82. 

 Mellisuga Kingii, Yigoks. Zool. Jour. Ill, 1827', 432. 

 OrthorJiynchus sephanoides, Lesson^ Voy. Coquille Ois. I, 1826, 681. 

 TrocMlus sephanoides, (Less.) Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 2*75. 

 VuLG. Fire-croioned Humming-Bird. Picafior. Pinuda. 

 Figures.— Gould, Mon. Troch. Pt. Ill, PI. i. 

 " Voy. Coquille Ois. PL xxxi. Fig. 2. 



This beautiful species of Humming-Bird, remarkable for its red crest, is found in abundance 

 in Chile, and ranges over a great extent of the other countries of the western coast of South 

 America. 



TEOCHILUS LEUCOPLEUEUS, (Gould.) 



Oreotrocliilusleucopleurus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Soc, London, 1847, 10. 



Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 277. 

 VuLG. White-sided Mountain Stcmming-Bird. 

 FiGUKE.— Gould. Mon. Troch. Pt. I, PL iii. 



Several specimens of this beautiful and curious Humming-Bird are in the collection of the 

 Expedition, and were all obtained in the Andes at an elevation of several thousand feet. It 

 appears to be exclusively an inhabitant of the higher valleys and approaches to near the line of 

 perpetual snow. 



CINCLODES VULGARIS, (D'Orb. and Lafr.) 



Uppucerthia vulgaris, D'Orb. and Lafr. Guerin's Mag. 1838, 22. 



Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 282. 

 VuLG. Churrete. 

 Figures. — D'Orb. Voy. d'Am. Mer. Ois. PL Ivii, Fig. 1. 



A species found sparingly in Chile, but more abundant in other parts of South America. It 

 is one of a curious group of birds, reminding us of the wrens, though of greatly increased di- 

 mensions. 



The present bird is found along streams of water, running on the ground and subsisting on 

 insects. 



CINCLODES NIGEOPUMOSUS, (D'Orb. and Lafr.) 



Uppucerthia, nigrofumosa, D'Orb. and Lafr. Guerin's Mag. 1838, 23. 



Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 283. 

 Opetiorhynchus lanceolatus, Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, 1841^ 68, 

 VuLG. Molinero. 



Figures. — Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, PL xx. 

 " D'Orb. Voy. Am. Mer. PL Ivii, Fig. 2. 



This bird lives almost exclusively on the shores of the sea, though occasionally met with on 

 the margins of rivers and the smaller streams of water in the interior. It runs on the ground 

 with facility, and is abundant on the coast of Chile. 



