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  THK 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  and 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  then 
  grown 
  their 
  wing-feathers; 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   only 
  birds 
  we 
  saw 
  (with 
  the 
  one 
  exception 
  mentioned 
  above) 
  

   were 
  old 
  birds 
  incapable 
  of 
  flight, 
  and 
  young 
  birds 
  with 
  feather- 
  

   less 
  wings. 
  The 
  pace 
  these 
  birds 
  manage 
  to 
  go 
  across 
  the 
  water, 
  

   flapping 
  their 
  wings 
  and 
  running 
  on 
  the 
  water, 
  is 
  so 
  great 
  that 
  

   we 
  found 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  catch 
  them 
  up 
  with 
  a 
  six-oared 
  boat, 
  

   try 
  how 
  we 
  would. 
  

  

  A 
  common 
  bird 
  in 
  these 
  Straits 
  is 
  Pkalacrocorax 
  atriceps, 
  a 
  

   very 
  handsome 
  white-breasted 
  Cormorant, 
  while 
  a 
  smaller 
  bird 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  (P. 
  magellanicus) 
  is 
  also 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  numbers. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  thick 
  forests 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Smythe's 
  Channel 
  

   very 
  few 
  land-birds 
  were 
  seen. 
  Occasionally 
  the 
  plaintive 
  whistle 
  

   of 
  Elainea 
  albiceps 
  is 
  heard. 
  In 
  our 
  last 
  anchorage 
  (Gray's 
  

   Harbour) 
  I 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  most 
  curious 
  Wren-like 
  bird 
  with 
  an 
  

   enormously 
  long 
  tail 
  composed 
  of 
  four 
  feathers 
  ; 
  this 
  was 
  

   Sijlriortltorhijnchus 
  demursi. 
  

  

  During 
  our 
  passage 
  through 
  the 
  Magellan 
  Straits 
  and 
  Smythe's 
  

   Channel, 
  I 
  only 
  once 
  saw 
  a 
  Bat. 
  Another 
  interesting 
  mammal 
  

   met 
  with 
  was 
  the 
  Otter 
  (Lutra 
  patagonicus), 
  of 
  which 
  species 
  I 
  

   shot 
  one 
  example. 
  

  

  After 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Pefias, 
  we 
  passed 
  up, 
  out 
  

   of 
  sight 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Chile, 
  and 
  dropped 
  anchor 
  off 
  Valparaiso 
  

   on 
  Feb. 
  14th. 
  In 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Valparaiso 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  fair 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  sea-birds, 
  but 
  land-birds 
  were 
  very 
  scarce 
  outside 
  the 
  

   town. 
  Several 
  insects 
  were 
  obtained, 
  and 
  amongst 
  these 
  one 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  rare 
  species 
  of 
  Micro-Lepidoptera 
  {Helio- 
  

   stibes 
  mathewi). 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  hitherto 
  known 
  only 
  from 
  a 
  

   single 
  example. 
  

  

  After 
  being 
  docked 
  for 
  cleaning, 
  and 
  having 
  taken 
  on 
  a 
  supply 
  

   of 
  coal, 
  we 
  sailed 
  from 
  Valparaiso 
  on 
  Feb. 
  24th, 
  bound 
  for 
  the 
  

   islands 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Pacific. 
  After 
  fourteen 
  days' 
  sailing 
  with 
  a 
  

   fair 
  wind 
  we 
  sighted 
  Easter 
  Island 
  on 
  March 
  10th. 
  Owing 
  to 
  a 
  

   very 
  high 
  wind, 
  however, 
  we 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  land 
  for 
  two 
  days. 
  

   We 
  steamed 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  under 
  shelter 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  when, 
  

   with 
  a 
  strong 
  glass, 
  we 
  could 
  distinctly 
  see 
  the 
  huge 
  stone 
  

   images 
  for 
  which 
  Easter 
  Island 
  is 
  famous. 
  W 
  T 
  hen 
  this 
  island 
  

   was 
  first 
  discovered 
  it 
  was 
  entirely 
  uninhabited, 
  the 
  only 
  signs 
  

   of 
  inhabitants 
  being 
  the 
  stone 
  images, 
  which 
  are 
  cut 
  out 
  of 
  solid 
  

  

  