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ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 
Strepsilas interpres. III. 
Tringa Morinellus, L. 
I obtained specimens from Iquique, on the coast of Peru, and from the 
Galapagos Archipelago. 
Crex lateralis. Licht. 
Crex lateralis, Licht., Cat. p. 
Griff". An. King. Aves. 
Maldonado, Rio Plata. On being disturbed readily takes wing. Base of 
the bill, especially of the lower mandible, bright green. 
1. Zapornia notata. Gould. 
Plate XL VIII. 
Z. corpore toto supra nigrescentifusco, pluma singula medio albo-guttatd et olivaceo- 
fusco lath marginatd ; remigibus fuscis, mento albo, corpore infra fuscescenti-nigro, 
gutture pectoreque albo-striatis ; abdomine tegminibusque caudce inferioribus albo 
irregulariter transversb strigato ; rostro obscure corneo ; pedibus olivaceo-viridibus. 
Long. tot. 5-f unc. ; alee, ; caudce, If ; tarsi, f ; rostri, \. 
The whole of the upper surface blackish brown, each feather spotted with white 
down the centre, and largely margined with olive brown ; quills plain brown ; 
chin white ; the remainder of the under surface brownish black, striated with 
white on the throat and chest, and crossed by irregular bars of the same on 
the abdomen and under tail coverts ; bill dark horn colour ; feet olive green. 
Habitat, Rio Plata. (Shot on board the Beagle.) 
2. Zapornia spilonota. Gould. 
Plate XLIX. 
Z. capite corporeque infra, nigrescenti-griseis ; corpore supra obscure rubrofusco, 
uropygio obscure grisescenti-nigro ; alis hypochondriis postice, tegminibusque caudce 
inferioribus albo parciter spar sis; rostro nigrofusco ; pedibus rubescentibus ; iridibus 
carmineis. 
Long. tot. unc. ; alee , 2f ; caudce, 1 ; tarsi, f ; rostri, § . 
Head and all the under surface blackish grey ; all the upper surface dark reddish 
brown, fading off on the rump into deep greyish black ; the wings, hinder 
part of the flanks, and under tail coverts slightly sprinkled with white; bill, 
blackish brown ; feet, reddish ; iris, bright scarlet. 
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. 
