116 BIRDS OF tlERRA DEL PUEGO 



It is not mentioned by Darwin. 



In the Province of Buenos Ayres, Durnford found this Coot 

 common in almost every "arroyo" and lagoon where reeds and 

 aquatic plants afford any cover. 



LIMICOL^ 



Family CHARADRIIDyE 



BELONOPTERUS CHILENSIS (Molina) 



Parra Chilensis, Molina, Saggio Storia Naturale Chili, p. 239, 1789. 

 PhilomachuS cay anus (nee Latham), Gould and Barivin, Voy. 



" Beagle," Birds, p. 127, 1841. 

 HoplopterUS cayanUS (nee Latham), Abbott, Ibis, p. 155, 1861. 

 VanelluS OCCidentaliS, Oustalet, Miss. Sci. Cap Ham, Ois., p. 117, 



1891. 

 BelonopterUS chilensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mios., sxiv, p. 165, 



1896 ; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs Brit. Mtis., i\, p. 14, 1902. 



Habitat. — Peru, Chili, and Patagonia, to Tierra del Fuego ; the Falkland 

 Islands. 



^ , San Sebastian Settlement, 23rd Oct. ; egg. Useless Bay Settlement, 

 Oct., 1904. 



Iris and eyelids — magenta; bill — posterior portion, crimson, remainder 

 black; spurs on wings— magenta ; legs — black, merging into magenta at the 

 knee. 



Dr. Sharpe distinguishes the Chilian Spurwinged Plover 

 from the nearly allied more northerly B. cayennensis (Gmelhi) 

 by being larger, having the head, neck, and sides of the face 

 clear ashy-grey instead of brown, the white tips of the tail 

 broader, and the black occupying the whole breast. 



The total length is stated to be male 14*4, female 15*5 ; 

 as against B. cayennensis, male 12*5, female 13'5 inches. 



V. cayennensis of Durnford from Buenos Ayres and 

 Patao-onia, is accepted as such by Sharpe, though considerably 



