36 BIRDS OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO 



the entire series I find the maximum length of the male 7"5 

 inches; of the female 8*6 inches, based on a somewhat attenuated 

 specimen. 



This tiny Owl must be rare in the island; for, with the 

 exception of Mr. Clarke, hardly any of the sheepmen with whom 

 I was acquainted were aware of its existence until I secured this 

 specimen. I owe it to the White-crested Tyrant. The shrill 

 whistles and excited behaviour of one of these shy birds attracted 

 my attention, and gave me the opportunity I wanted to 

 observe it closely for the first time. I was wondering why 

 it remained so lono; in the same tree and made so much 

 noise, when, huddled up in a forked branch, I espied the Owl. 

 I saw one other example — on two occasions — on the sea shore 

 at the entrance to Admiralty Sound. Of this Owl's habits 

 I know nothing. It must be entirely a forest form — probably 

 extremely quiet and retiring, and difficult to observe. This 

 specimen weighed exactly 3 ounces — or IJ ounces less than the 

 Common Snipe of Great Britain — including in the stomach 

 a small rodent. 



PSITTACI 



Family PSITTACIDiE 



CONURUS SMARAGDINUS (Gmelin) 

 Perruche des Terres Magellaniques, Bufon, Hist. Nat. Ois., 



vii, pi. Ixxxv, 1783. 

 PsittaCUS SmaragdinUS, Gmelin, Systema Naturce, i, p. 322, 1 788 ; 



King, Stirveying Voyages, " Adventure " and ^^ Beagle,'" i, p. 88, 1839. 

 ConuruS smaragdinUS, Finsch, Papageien, i, p. 525, 1867 ; Oustalet, 



Miss. Sci. Gap Horn, Ois., p. 4, 1891. 

 MicrOSittace ferrUgineUS, Salvadori, Oat. Birds Brit. Mus. 



XX, p. 210, 1891. 



Habitat. — Chili and Tierra del Fuego, 



