THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. 51 



CHAPTEE III. 



MALDONADO BOTANY ORNITHOLOGY AMPULLAR! A VOLUTA 



PEJE REY CAPTURE OF TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER BEETLES 



IN THE TO WING-NET — SYCOZOA ENTOMOSTRACA MACROCYSTIS I 



ITS GRO^V^H, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. — ENTER THE STRAIT OF MAGEL- 

 LAN ARRIVE AT THE CHILIAN SETTLEMENT OF PUNTA ARENAS OR 



SANDY POINT CLIMATE PRODUCTS PLANTS GROWING NEAR 



THE BEACH TAME GUANACOS CENTRITES NIGER SENECIO 



CANDID ANS SEROLIS LITHODES PARROQUETS CUTTLE-FISH 



ANTARCTIC AND EVERGREEN BEECHES WINTER'S BARK — WOOD- 

 PECKERS COLEOPTERA MYXINE ANEMONE DECAPETALA 



MYZODENDRON CYTTARIA BARBERRIES TINNUNCULUS SPAR- 



VERIUS SNIPE CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS LARGE OWL STEAMER- 

 DUCK : NOTICES OF, BY OLD NAVIGATORS ; HABITS, ETC. LARGE 



CYAN^A — PELTARION — HALICARCINUS. 



Late on the evening of the 6th December we left Monte Video, 

 and proceeding under steam we reached Majdonado, on the 

 north bank of the Plate, near the entrance of the estuary, 

 before breakfast next morning. Here it was determined 

 that we should remain for the day, as Captain Mayne was 

 anxious to obtain sights before proceeding on the southerly 

 voyage. A party of us, taking advantage of the opportunity 

 presented of seeing something of the surrounding country, 

 left the ship after breakfast, and after we had accomplished 

 a landing with some difficulty through the surf which was 

 breaking on the shelving sandy beach, set out in search of 

 a lake at some distance, where the sportsmen of the party had 

 been informed waterfowl were frequently to be procured in 



