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CATALOGUE BIRDS. 



rior length. The general appearance of the plumage also is similar, 

 although it possesses sufficiently distinctive characters to authorize 

 this species being separated from the other. 



42. Rallus Setosus. — Nob. in Zool. Journ. iv. 94.. 

 Rail, supra brunneuSy dorso alisque nigro notatisj mhtas plumheus ; 

 remigibus primariis rectricibusque fuscis, his saturatiorihus ;f route 

 scioso. 



The length of the bird from the forehead to the extremity of the 

 tail is 10 inches; of the bill \\^\ of the wing, from the carpal 

 joint to the end of the second quill feather;, 4J ; of the tail 3 ; of 

 tjie tarsus If. 



43. Rallus antarcticus. Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 95. 

 RalL supra brunneuSy nigro strigatus ; subtus plumbeus, femyrum 

 tectricibus crissoque atris, albo-fasciatis. 



The length of the body is 7 J inches; of the bill of the 

 wing, from the carpal joint to the end of the second quill feather, 

 3| ; of the tail J j ; of the tarsus -Jf . 



44). FuLicA cHLOROPoiDEs. — Nob. in Zool. Journ. iv. 95. 

 Ful. capite, coll. superiore, caudaque atris ; cor'pore reliquo atro- 

 fuscOi crisso albo. 



The length of the body is 15 inches ; of the bill 1^ ; of the 

 wing, from the carpal joint to the extremity of the second quill 

 feather, 6| ; of the tail 3 ; of the tarsi 2. 



45. FuLiCA GALLiNULOiDEs. — Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 96. 

 Ful, atro-fusca ; dorso saturatiore, capite atro, guld albo-notala 

 crisso albo, rostro angusto, in frontem parum extendente. 



44. Chionis ALBA.— Forster. 

 Seen at Cape Horn, and at sea, four hundred miles from the 

 nearest land. Captain Foster, of H.M.S. Chanticleer, saw some at 

 South Shetland. 



47. HcEMATGPUs PALLiATUS. — Tcmminck. 

 Strait of Magalhaens. 



48. HcEMATOPUs LEUcopus. — Gam. 

 Strait of Magalhaens. 



. The above two species of Hoematopus were frequently seen on 



