194 ZOOLOGY. 



BOUTAURUS EXILIS, (Omelin.) 



Ardca exilis, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 645. 



Gay, Fauna Chilona, Avcs, 411. 

 VuLG. The Least Bittern. Guairaho amarillo. 

 FiGURKS.— Wilson, Am. Orn. VIII, PI. Ixv, Fig. 4. 



" AuD. B. of Am. PI. ccx ; oct. ed. VI, PL ccclxvi. 



Specimens in the collection appear to he identical with others obtained in Pennsylvania, but 

 are not in mature plumage. This bird, according to Lieut. Gilliss, whose information is from 

 Seiior Salinas, is exceedingly rare in Chile. It was a present from Seiior S. 



SCOLOPAX PAEAGUAY^, Vieill. 



Scolopax Paraguay oe, Vieill. Ency. Meth. Ill, 1823, 1160. 

 Gallinago paraguice, (Vieill.) Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 426. 

 VuLG. Avecasina. 

 Like its near relative of the north, Scolopax Wilsonii, this bird inhabits marshes and other 

 localities in the neighborhood of streams of water, though not stated to be abundant. 



EHYNCHOEA SE MI C DLL ARI S, (Vieill.) 



Totanus semicoUaris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VI, 1816, 402. 

 lihynchcea semicoUaris, Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 429. 

 lihynchcea occidentalis, King, Zool. Jour. IV, 1829, 94. 

 VuLG. Painted Snipe. Avecasina pintada. 

 Figure. — Lesson, 111. Zool. PI. xviii. 

 This very handsome Snipe is abundant throughout the country. Several specimens In the 

 collection are labelled as having been obtained in the vicinity of Santiago. 



NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS, Lath. 



Numenius hudsonicus, Latq. Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 712. 



Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 419. 

 Scolopax horealis, Wils., Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 22. 

 VuLG. Short-billed Curleio. Perdiz del mar. 

 Figures.— Wils. Am. Orn. VII, PL Ivi, Fig. 1. 



" AuD. B. of Am. PL ccxxxvii ; oct. ed. VI, PL ccclvi. 



Several specimens in the collection. 



CALIDRIS ARENAEIA, (Linn.) 



Tringa arenaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 251. 

 C'haradrius ccdidris, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 255. 

 Calidris tringoides, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. II, 1825, 95. 

 VuLQ. Sanderling. Pollito bianco. 

 Figures. — Vieill. Gal. PL ccxxxiv. 



Wils. Am. Orn. VII, PL lix, Fig. 4. 

 " AuD. B. of Am. PL ccxxx; oct. ed. V, PL cccxxxvlii. 



Strictly similar to the bird of North America in the plumage, and usually met with In winter. 



