CATALOGUE—BIRDS. 535 
The length of the bird from the tip of the bill to the extremity 
of the tail is 17 inches; of the bill 2}; of the wing, from the carpal 
joint to the fourth quill feather, 83; of the tail 73; of the tarsi 13; 
of the external hind toe, the nail included, 2. 
Strait of Magalhaens. 
28. Picus MELANOCEPHALUS.—Nob. in Proceedings of Zool. Soc. 
Pic. capite corporeque supra nigris, hoc albo maculato ; pectore 
abdomineque albis, illo albo lineato, hoc albo fasciato. 
Length 6 or 7 inches.—Strait of Magalhaens and Chiloe. 
29. Mexuuisuea Kiners.—Vigors in Zool. Journal, ili. 432. 
Ornismya sephanoides.—Lesson et Garn. 
Mell. supra metallicé viridis, infra alba viridi variegata, vertice 
splendide rubeo, rectricibus acuminatis. 
This bird was found in the Strait of Magalhaens, so late in the 
year as the month of May, when it was seen flying in a snow- 
squall. It seemed regardless of the cold, and so long as the fuchsia 
and veronica were in blossom, so long did this hitherto supposed 
to be delicate little bird, remain to cull their sweets, or rather to 
prey upon the insects which buried themselves in the flowers ; for, 
innocent as it seems, it is insectivorous. The bird’ was long known 
to naturalists, but was not described until November 1827, when 
Mr.Vigors described it, from a specimen transmitted by me to the 
Museum of the Zoological Society. It was found by MM. Lesson 
and Garnot, on the coast of Chile, where we also subsequently found 
it. M. Lesson described it in his useful little Manuel d’Ornitho- 
logie, ii. p. 80, as above, and has given a detailed account. 
Had not Mr.Vigors previously described it, I should have had 
pleasure in referring it to their description, and their excellent 
plate, in Lesson’s Monograph upon the Trochilide. 
30. Trocuitus FerNanpEnsis.—Nob. in Proceedings Zool. Soc. 
Troch. ferrugineo-rufus ; capitis vertice splendenti-coccineo ; remt- 
gibus fuscis, 
Length, 5 inches. 
Island of Juan Fernandez, South Pacific. 
31. TrocuiLus Stoxest1.—Nob. in Proceedings of Zool. Soc. 
Troch. corpore supra viridi-splendente, sublus albo viridi-guttato ; 
capite supra, guttisque confertis gule lazulino-splendentibus ; 
