CATALOGUE BIllDS. 535 



The length of the bird from the tip of the biil to tlie extremity 

 of the tail is 17 inches; of the bill 2i ; of the wing, from the carpal 

 joint to the fourth quill feather, 8 j ; of the tail 71 ; of the tarsi 1 J ; 

 of the external hind toe, the nail included, 2. 

 Strait of Magalhaens. 



28. Picus MELANOCEPHALUs. — Nob, in Proceedings of Zool. Soc, 



Pic, capite corporeque supra nigrisy hoc alho maculato ; pcctore 

 abdomineque albis, illo albo lineato, hoc albo fasciato. 



Length 6 or 7 inches.— Strait of Magalhaens and Chiide. 



29. Mellisuga KiNGii. — Vigors in Zool. Journal, iii. 432. 

 Ornismya sephanoides. — Lesson et Gam. 

 MelL supra metallice viridis, infra alba viridi variegatay ve?'tice 

 sjjlendide rubeo, rectricibus acumi?iatis. 



This bird was found in the Strait of Magalhaens, so late in the 

 year as the month of May, when it was seen flying in a snow- 

 Squall. It seemed regardless of the cold, and so long as the fuchsia 

 and veronica were in blossom, so long did this hitherto supposed 

 to be delicate little bird, remain to cull their sweets, or rather to 

 prey upon the insects which buried themselves in the flowers ; for, 

 innocent as it seems, it is insectivorous. The bird was long known 

 to naturalists, but was not described vmtil November 1827, when 

 Mr. Vigors described it, from a specimen transmitted by me to the 

 Museum of the Zoological Society. It was found by MM. Lesson 

 and Garnot, on the coast of Chile, where we also subsequently found 

 it. M. Lesson described it in his useful little Manuel d'Ornitho- 

 logie, ii. p. 80, as above, and has given a detailed account. 

 Had not Mr. Vigors previously described it, I should have had 

 pleasure in referring it to their description, and their excellent 

 plate, in Lesson's Monograph upon the Trochilidse. 



30. Trochilus Fernandensis. — Nob. in Proceedings Zool. Soc. 

 Troch. ferrugineo-rufus ; capitis vertice splendenti-coccineo ; rcmi- 

 gibus fuscis. 



Length, 5 inches. 



Island of Juan Fernandez, South Pacific. 



3L Trochilus Stokesii. — Nob. in Proceedings of Zool. Soc. 

 Troch, corpora supra viridi- splendente, subtus albo viridi-guitaio ; 

 capite supra, guitisque confertis gula; la^uliuo-splcndcntibus ; 



