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by Girard from specimens obtained in the vicinity of Santiago, 

 as well as a handsome golden-green Lamellicorn beetle, the 

 Brachysternus viridis ; and among the marine animals procured 

 on this occasion was an exquisite little ISTudibranchiate mol- 

 lusc, marked on the mantle with elevated orange spots. 



The 15th was a beautiful day, the horizon gradually 

 clearing, so as to afford a fine view of Osorno and Quellaype, 

 and the peaks of the Cordillera, all dazzlingly white with 

 snow. I landed in the afternoon with two companions, and 

 walked for some miles along the beach, noticing large flocks 

 of the PhalacTOcorax Gaimardii, and of a diving petrel, which, 

 flying along a few feet above the surface of the water, would 

 suddenly drop into it like so many stones, emerging again at 

 a considerable distance. I found for the first time, on this 

 occasion, specimens of the yellow flowers of a low Leguminous 

 tree, the curious four-winged pods of which had attracted my 

 attention on our former visits. This was the Edwardsia 

 m.icrophylla, one of the Soplwrem, characterised by having the 

 filaments of the stamens not united into a bundle like the 

 majority of the order to which it belongs. It is principally 

 to be met with in South Chili, but also, I believe, occurs in 

 the island of Juan Fernandez. On the 16th, which was also 

 fine, I was one of a party who spent the day cruising about 

 the head of the bay in quest of sport. We saw an enormous 

 flock of the small curlew observed on former occasions, as 

 well as several godwits, turnstones, oyster-catchers, and teal, 

 but did not discover anything new. On the afternoon of the 

 following day Dr. Campbell and I landed, and procured speci- 

 mens of some small birds, including a pretty little slate-coloured 

 and white finch, the Diuca grisea, which was very common, 

 flying in small flocks over the cleared patches of ground, 

 and a woodpecker (Colaptes pitius), which was feeding on the 



