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which it dispensed on very slight provocation, and an Annelid 

 with long pink tentacula, which existed in such myriads in 

 burrows in the wet muddy sand, as to communicate a pale 

 pink tint to it, which I at first supposed to be due to the 

 presence of decaying Algse. 



Sunday, the 5th, was a most dismal day of wind and rain, 

 but the weather was considerably improved on the 6th. On 

 the forenoon of that day, in the course of skinning specimens 

 of humming-birds obtained two days before, a more easy task 

 than might be imagined, owing to their skins being strong 

 and tough, though very greasy, I found a number of Tsenioid 

 worms in the abdominal cavity of one of them. In the after- 

 noon, as the tide was low, a party landed to search for marine 

 animals, and met with a considerable amount of success. 

 Among the molluscs obtained were another live specimen of 

 Concholepas, some fine Fissurellce (F. nigra), Calyptrece, and 

 Crepiduloe {C. dilatata), several Chitons (G. Bowenii, Chilo- 

 ensis, etc.), a Turbinoid shell with a thick calcareous opercu- 

 lum {Amyxa niger), sl yellow Doris, and some fine simple 

 and compound Tunicates. The Crustacea included a Hippo- 

 lyte, and several crabs, such as Xantho planus, X. Gaudi- 

 chaudii, Epialtus dentatus, and Pilumnoides perlatus ; and a 

 variety of Annelids and Sponges were also found. A little 

 grebe, distinct from that earlier mentioned, the Fodiceps cali- 

 parius, was shot, and from a seining-party which had been 

 despatched from the ship I obtained a small Cephalopod 

 {Loligo Gahi), a specimen of Galathea subrugosa, and two 

 curious fish, one a little mailed species (Agonus Chiloensis), 

 afterwards found at Port Otway, and the other a small speci- 

 men of the southern Chimsera {Callorhynchus antardicus). 

 The latter I often met with subsequently on the coast of 

 South Chili, and it appears to be not uncommon at Chiloe, 



