180 BIRDS OF TTET^PA DEL FUEGO 



LIMOSA HUDSONICA (Lattam) 



The Red-breasted Godwit, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, iii, p. 138, 



pi. cxxxviii, 1750, 

 ScolopaX hudsonica, Latham, Index Orn., ii, p. 720, 1790. 

 Limosa hudsonica, Gould and Darwin, Voy. ^^ Beagle," Birds, p. 129, 



1841 ; Abbott, Ibis, p. 156, 1861 ; Durnford, Ibis, pp. 43, 200, 1877 ; 



Oustalet, Miss. Sci. Gap Horn, Ois., p. 291, 1891. 

 Limosa haemastica, Sdater and Hudson, Argent. Orn., ii, p. 191, 1889. 



Habitat. — N"orth and South America ; the Falkland Islands. 



Late in the summer small companies of what I believe 

 to be the Red -breasted Godwit appeared on the sea shore 

 to the south of Useless Bay. They were not plentiful. 

 Two lots of less than a dozen were all I saw, and these were 

 very wild : for nearly an hour I followed a small flock over 

 very rough rocks without being able to get within shot. 



In Chiloe and in the Falkland Islands, Darwin found this 

 bird frequenting the tidal mud-banks in flocks. 



Capt. Abbott describes it "wary and difficult to obtain by 

 gunshot." 



In Patagonia, Durnford observed a small flock feeding in 

 company with Tringa maculata and a species of ^gialitis. Of 

 its habits, he says: — "It nearly resembles the Bar-tailed 

 Godwit at home." 



Family THINOCORIDiE 



ATTAGIS MALOUINUS (BoddaeVt) 

 La Caille des lies Malouines, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., ii, p. 477, 



pi. ccxxii, 1772. 

 TetraO malouinUS, Boddaert, Table, Blanches Enluminees D'Hist. Nat, 



D'Auhenton, p. 13, 1783. 

 Attagis falklandica, Goidd and Darwin, Voy. " Beagle," Birds, 



p. 117, 1841. 



