CATALOGUE BIKDS. 



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the shores of the Strait ; the latter appears to answer the descrip- 

 tion of M, Bougainville. See Lesson^ Manuel d' Ornithologies ii. 30. 



49. Charadrius pluvialis. — Var. 

 Not to be distinguished from the golden plover. 



' 50. Cpiaradrius rubecola. — Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 96. 



Char, capite siimrno, dorso, alisj caudaque siipra grisescenti-fuscis, 

 thorace nucMque pallide griseis ; pectore rufo, collari suhpcctorali 

 nigro ; Jronte, striga superciliari, abdomine, c?'isso, rectricibusqiie 

 lateralibus albis. 



The length of the body is 8f inches ; of the bill | ; of the 

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

 5| ; of the tail 3 ; of the tarsi 1 J. 



Mountains of the Strait of Magalhaens 2,000 feet above the 

 level of the sea. 



51. Vanellus cAYANENsis. — Ency. Mcth. 1073. pi. 57, %. 2. 



Maldonado, Kiver Plate. 



52. PODICEPS. — Sp. 

 Very much resembling P. minor. 



53. PODICEPS. — Sp. 



54. PoDicEPS Leucopterus. — Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 101. 

 Pod, capite colloque superioribus nigris, gidd grisco-albidd, collo in^ 

 feriore rufo ; dorso fusco-atro ; abdomine strigdque latd alarum 

 albis. 



The length of the body is 20 inches ; of the bill 3 ; of the wing, 

 from the carpal joint to the apex of the second quill feather, 7^ ; 

 of the tarsi 2. 



55. Aptenodytes Magellanic a. — E. Meth. 

 56. Aptenodytes chrysocome. ? — A young bird. 



57. Phalacrocorax niger. — Nob. in Zool. Journal^ iv. 101. 



Phal. intense niger, circulo angusto ab oculis descendente, mandibu^ 

 lasque circumcingente, paucisque genarum capitisque plumis albis. 

 The length of the bird is 31 inches ; of the bill 3f ; of the 



wing, from the carpal joint to the extremity of the third quill fea- 



