198 ZOOLOGY. 



HiEMATOPUS ATEE, Vieill. 



Hmmatopus ater, Vieill. Gal. II, 1825, 88, PI. ccxxx. 

 Hcematopus niger, Cuv. Eeg. An. I, 1829, 504. 



Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 406. 

 Hcematopus Townsendii, AuD. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 247. 

 VuLG. Black Oyster-catcher. Perpilen. 

 Figures. — Quoy and Garn. Voy. Uranie, Birds, PI. xxxiv. 



" AuD. B. of Am. PL ccccxxvii; oct. ed. V, PL cccxxvl. 



This bird inhabits very nearly the entire western coast of the continent of America, speci- 

 mens from Oregon being in the collection made by Dr. Townsend in that country, and from 

 Tierra del Fuego in that of the United States Exploring Expedition of the Vincennes and Pea- 

 cock. It occurs sparingly in Chile. 



PHCENICOPTERUS IGNIP ALLI ATUS, Is. Geoffr. 



Phoenicopterus ignipalliatus, Is. Geoff, et D'Orb. Mag. de Zool. 1832, Ois. PL ii. 



Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 441. 

 rhcenieopterus CMlensis, Molina. ? 

 VuLG. Flamenco. Cheuque. 

 Figure. — Gray Gen. of Birds III, PL clxiii. 

 Of this beautiful species numerous sjiecimens are in the collection of the Expedition. 

 This bird is thus noticed by Lieutenant Gillis: "These birds are quite abundant on the inte- 

 rior fresh-water lakes, and I found a large flock of them on the shores of the river Maule. They 

 are rarely molested, except to add to the collections of ornithologists. 



"The pluma;e o the young bird differs in color materially from that of the adult, as may 

 be seen in some of our specimens." 



P (ENICOPTERUS ANDINUS, Philippi. 



Phainicopterus andinus, Philippi, Descr. en An. de la Univ. de Chile. 

 VuLG. Parrina. 



In the " Anales de la Universidad de Chile" for August, 1854, a Phcenicopterus found by Dr. 

 R. A. Philippi in the desert of Atacama is thus described by him : * 



"When I undertook the journey to the desert of Atacami, I was far from suspecting that in 

 these arid regions I should find a new species of aquatic bird. Nevertheless, the first objects 

 that presented themselves to my sight, on descending from the gloomy heights of Pingo-pingo, 

 and reaching the great salt-marsh extending for twenty-five leagues to the hamlet of Ata- 

 cama, were a dozen flamingos which sought food in the muddy ditches there. It is well known 

 to the people of the vicinity that the species differs from the common flamingo, they calling it 

 Parrina. According to the information I have been able to collect, these birds live exclusively 

 in the cordilleras, maintaining themselves in the lakes and swamps that are found in the des_ 

 ert. I have not been able to verify whether they exist much to the north of Atacama, but it 

 appears that the cordilleras of Copiapo is the southern limit frequented by them. Tliey lay 

 their eggs on the shores of the most elevated lakes of the cordilleras in the month of December, 

 and at that epoch the Indians who inhabit the vicinity take them in abundance to the market afc 

 Atacama. We killed one specimen on arriving and two when returning, and which served to 

 vary somewhat our frugal and monotonous repast ; a cazuela being made of the birds, which 



* On referrring this intercstiug descriptiun to Mr. Caeein, he coincided with me, that it merited insertion here. — J. M. G. 



