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Agrotis clerica, Butl. 

 Leuca n ia falklandica, Butl. 

 Eupithecia auguligera, Butl. 

 Crantbiis falklandicellus, Stimpson. 

 Scopana glaitciilalis, Stimpson. 



AVES. 



In addition to the published results of Bougainville's 

 expedition already mentioned, MM. Quoy and Gaimard 

 describe the birds collected by the staff of the ill-fated 

 exploring vessel, " I'Uranie," which was wrecked in 

 Berkley Sound, East Falklands. In the Zoology of the 

 voyage of the " Beagle," Darwin described the birds 

 captured during the visits made to the Falklands. From 

 the years 1859-64 a number of reports on the collections 

 of birds made either by Captains Abbott or Packe were 

 published in the Ibzs or the Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society, by Mr. John Gould or Dr. P. L. Sclater. Captain 

 Abbott also published in the Ibis of 1860-61, two papers 

 recording his own observations on the habits of many 

 birds frequenting the East Island. As a natural conse- 

 quence, no novelties could be expected from me after such 

 careful observers ; yet I hope the following notes taken 

 from time to time during my two visits to this archipelago 

 may be of interest. 



The prints illustrating some of the most important 

 statements made in this paper are from photographs taken 

 by myself. 1 have placed in inverted commas the name 

 by which each species is known locally. 



I have taken as a guide Mr. Evans' recently published 

 volume on " Birds " in the Cambridge Natural History. 

 Those of my readers who wish for a detailed list of the 

 birds frequenting this archipelago together with a 

 bibliographical account of each species can refer to the 



