IN THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN , 
is a little brother to the northern auklet, which it resembles in appear- 
ance and to some extent in habits. When at large there is nothing in 
its actions to suggest the petrel. It strikes down into the water from 
full flight, emerging farther on, fairly bursting forth into the air with 
wings in rapid motion. 
There were also gulls, jagers and grebes along the great waterway. 
Albatrosses and Cape Horn pigeons did not follow us into the straits, 
but we found them awaiting the ship when we emerged into the Pacific 
a month later. 
About the marshy places, ducks, geese, plovers and snipes of un- 
familar kinds afforded sport as well as ornithological specimens on our 
trips ashore. The Paraguay snipe proved a good substitute for the 
Wilson snipe of North America. Most striking in appearance were 
the large kelp geese, the males of which are snowy white and the 
females dark. 
The barred Magellan geese, however, are more important on account 
of their abundance. This bird is a resident of the region throughout 
the year. It is an inhabitant of the open plains and mountain slopes 
and is a land rather than a water species. It occupies the open country 
of Tierra del Fuego in enormous numbers and has contributed more 
to the food of the white settlers now establishing sheep ranches in that 
country and in Patagonia than any other wild creature. 
With few exceptions both land and water birds were species of the 
southern hemisphere and of Antarctic distribution. 
The Magellan robin would have passed for the North American 
bird but for its gray tones and its disinclination to sing. There were 

NATIVES. Straits of Magellan. 
