BIRDS. 



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1. Pelidna Schinzii. Bonap. 



Tringa Schinzii, Brehm. Bonap. Am. Orn. iv. pi. 24. f. 2. 

 Pelidna cinolus, var. Say. 



Flocks of this species were common on the shores of the inland bays in the 

 southern parts of Tierra del Fuego. 



2. Pelidna minutilla. Gould. 



Tringa minutilla, Vieill. Ency. Meth. 1089. 



Galapagos Archipelago. Both the specimens which I procured here are 

 smaller than the ordinary size of this bird, but do not differ in other respects. 

 Vieillot says it ranges from the Antilles to Canada. 



Rhynch,ea semicollaris. G. R. Gray. 



Totanus semicollaris, Vieill., Ency. Meth. p. 1100. 

 Rhynchasa Hilairea, Valenc. Less. 111. de Zool. pi. 18. 

 Rhynchaea occidentalis, King, Zool. Journ. iv. 94. 

 Le chorlito a demi colliers blanc et noiratre, Azara, No. 409. 



Monte Video, Rio Plata. Frequents swamps ; habits like the Scolopax 

 Gallinago. 



1. Scolopax (Telmatias) Paraguale. Vieill. 



Scolopax Paraguai, Veiell. Ency. Meth. p. 1160. 



Brasiliensis, Swains. Faun. Bor. Am. Birds, p. 400. 



Becassine 1st Espece, Azara. 



Valparaiso and Maldonado, Rio Plata. 



2. Scolopax (Telmetias) Magellanicus. King-. 



Scolopax Magellanicus, King, Zool. Journ. 



My specimens were obtained from Maldonado and East Falkland Island. 

 Flight a very little less irregular and rapid than the English snipe. I several 

 times in May observed this, as well as the foregoing species, flying in lofty circles, 

 and suddenly stooping downwards, at the same time that it uttered a peculiar 

 drumming noise, similar to that made by the English snipe in summer, when 

 breeding. This species is most closely allied to the foregoing, but I have no 

 doubt it is distinct ; because at the time when I procured specimens of both at 

 Maldonado, I perceived a difference between them. This species is there more 

 abundant than the S. Paraguaice. Its beak is nearly three-tenths of an inch 

 shorter, and the culmen rather broader. The plumage of its back is of a decidedly 

 less dark tint ; each separate feather having much less black in it. 



