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quently be seen walking on the buoyant leaves of the Fucus giganteus, at some 
little distance from the shore. In these respects, the birds of this genus entirely 
replace in habits many species of Tringa. In the stomachs of those I opened I 
found small crabs and little shells, and one Buccinum even a quarter of an inch 
long : Kittlitz says, he found in one, besides such objects, some small seeds. 
They are very quiet, tame and solitary, but they may not unfrequently be seen in 
pairs. They hop and likewise run quickly ; in which latter respect, and likewise 
in their greater tameness, they differ from the O. vulgaris. Their cry is seldom 
uttered, but is a quick repetition of a shrill note, like that of the last named bird, 
and of several species of Furnarius. 
On the 20th of September, I found, near Valparaiso, the nest of O. Patago- 
nicus, with young birds in it: it was placed in a small hole in the roof of a deep 
cavern, not far from the bank of a pebbly stream. Three months later in the 
summer I found, in the Chonos Archipelago (Lat. 45°), a nest of this species, 
placed in a small hole beneath an old tree, close to the sea-beach. The nest 
was composed of coarse grass and was untidily built. The egg rather elongated ; 
length I’ll of an inch, width in broadest part *8 of an inch ; perfectly white. 
Genus. — Eremobius. Gould. 
Rostrum capitis longitudine seu longius, fere rectum, ad apicem deorsum curvatum, 
haud emarginatum ; naribus parvis, basalibus, oblongis, in sulco positis ; Alae breves, 
remigibus primariis secundariisque fere cequalibus, plumis 4, 5, 6-que subcequalibus 
longissimisque ; Cauda mediocris apice rotundato; Tarsi sublongi antice squamis 
ferb obsoletis induti , halluce digito medio breviore , digitis lateralibus incequalibus , 
internis brevioribus. 
Eremobius phcenicurus. Gould. 
Plate XXI. 
E. fuscus, remigibus cinereo fusco marginatis, stria superciliari pone oculos extensd 
cinereo-alba ; caudd nigro-fuscd basi castaneo fused ; gula abdomineque medio 
cinereo albis ; hypocliondriis tectricibusque caudalibus inferioribus pallide flaves- 
centibus. 
Long. tot. 6^ unc. ; rost. 1 ; aim, 2-^ ; caudrn, 3 ; tarsi, 
Head and all the upper surface brown ; the primaries margined with greyish 
brown ; stripe over and behind the eye greyish white ; tail feathers chestnut 
brown at the base, and blackish brown for the remainder of their length ; 
