The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 3 of 5]

by John Gould

INDEX TO THE SPECIES.

N.B. The Synonyms are in Italics.

• Ada Commersoni, [51]
• Agelaius chopi, [107]
• —— fringillarius, [106]
• —— chrysopterus, [106]
• —— virescens, [107]
• Aglaia striata, [97]
• —— vittata, [98]
• Agriornis, [55]
• —— gutturalis, [56]
• —— striatus, [56]
• —— micropterus, [57]
• —— maritimus, [57]
• Agriornis leucurus, [57]
• Alaudinæ, [87]
• Alauda cunicularia, [65]
• —— nigra, [84]
• —— rufa, [84]
• —— fulva, [84]
• Albatuitui à collier noir, [127]
• Alcedo torquata, [42]
• —— Americana, [42]
• —— Senegalensis, [41]
• Alecturus guirayetupa, [51]
• Alouette noire à dos fauve, [84]
• —— à dos rouge, [84]
• Amblyramphus bicolor, [109]
• —— ruber, [109]
• Ammodramus Manimbè, [90]
• —— xanthornus, [90]
• —— longicaudatus, [90]
• Anas Antarctica, [134]
• —— brachytera, [136]
• —— erythrorhyncha, [135]
• —— creccoïdes, [135]
• —— Magellanica, [134]
• —— urophasianus, [135]
• —— Bahamensis, [135]
• Anser melanopterus, [134]
• Anthus furcatus, [85]
• —— Chii, [85]
• —— fulvus, [84]
• —— variegatus, [84]
• —— correndera, [85]
• Anumbi rouge, [80]
• Anumbius ruber, [80]
• Aquila pezopora, [13]
• —— megaloptera, [21]
• Ardea leuce, [128]
• —— Egretta, [128]
• —— Herodias, [128]
• —— nycticorax, [128]
• —— violacea, [128]
• —— callocephala, [128]
• Athene cunicularia, [31]
• Attagis Gayii, [117]
• —— Falklandica, [117]
• Becassine, 1^e Espece, [131]
• Bec d’argent, [51]
• Bernicla leucoptera, [134]
• —— antarctica, [134]
• Buteo tricolor, [26]
• —— varius, [26]
• —— ventralis, [26]
• —— erythronotus, [26]
• Buteoninæ, [22]
• Cactornis assimilis, [105]
• —— scandens, [104]
• Caille des Isles Malouines, [117]
• Camarhynchus psittaculus, [103]
• —— crassirostris, [103]
• Caprimulgidæ, [36]
• Caprimulgus bifasciatus, [36]
• —— parvulus, [37]
• Cathartes aura, [8]
• —— atratus, [7]
• —— urubu, [7]
• Certhia antarctica, [67]
• Certhidea olivacea, [106]
• Certhilauda cunicularia, [65]
• Ceryle torquata, [42]
• —— Americana, [42]
• Charadrius virgininus, [126]
• —— marmoratus, [126]
• —— semipalmatus, [128]
• —— bifasciatus, [127]
• —— trifasciatus, [127]
• —— rubecola, [126]
• —— Azaræ, [127]
• —— collaris, [127]
• —— Cayanus, [127]
• Charpentier des champs, [113]
• Chii, [85]
• Chingolo, [91]
• Chionis albâ, [118]
• Chloephaga Magellanica, [134]
• Chlorospiza xanthogramma, [96]
• —— melanodera, [95]
• Chopi, [107]
• Chrysometris campestris, [89]
• —— Magellanica, [97]
• Chrysoptilus campestris, [113]
• Churrinche, [44]
• Circaëtus antarcticus, [15]
• Circinæ, [29]
• Circus histrionicus, [50]
• —— megaspilus, [29]
• —— cinereus, [30]
• Clignot ou Lichenops, [51]
• Coccothraustinæ, [98]
• Colaptes Chilensis, [114]
• Columba Fitzroyii, [114]
• —— denisea, [114]
• —— araucana, [114]
• —— loricata, [115]
• Columba gymnopthalmus, [115]
• —— leucoptera, [115]
• —— picazuro, [115]
• —— Talpacoti, [116]
• —— Boliviana, [116]
• —— aurita, [115]
• Columbina strepitans, [116]
• —— talpacoti, [116]
• —— Cabocolo, [116]
• Condor, [3]
• Conurus murinus, [112]
• —— Patachonicus, [113]
• La Correndera, [85]
• Coturnix Falklandica, [117]
• Craxirex Galapagoensis, [23]
• Crex lateralis, [132]
• —— galeata, [133]
• —— melampyga, [133]
• Crithagra? brevirostris, [88]
• —— Brasiliensis, [88]
• Crotophaga ani, [114]
• —— Piririqua, [114]
• Cryptura Guaza, [120]
• Crypturus rufescens, [120]
• —— perdicarius, [119]
• Cuculus guira, [114]
• —— nævius, [114]
• Culicivora parulus, [49]
• Curruca macloviana, [83]
• Cursores, [120]
• Cyanotis omnicolor, [86]
• Cyclarhis Guianensis, [58]
• Cypselus unicolor, [41]
• Dafila urophasianus, [135]
• Daption Capensis, [140]
• Dendrodramus, [82]
• —— leucosternus, [82]
• Diplopterus nævius, [114]
• —— guira, [114]
• Dolichonyx oryzivorus, [106]
• Dragon, [107]
• Egretta leuce, [128]
• Emberiza melanodera, [95]
• —— carbonaria, [94]
• —— guttata, [94]
• —— Manimbè, [90]
• Emberiza Diuca, [92]
• —— Gayi, [92]
• —— oryivorus, [106]
• —— luteoventris, [88]
• —— luctuosa, [94]
• —— jacarina, [92]
• —— gubernatrix, [88]
• —— cristata, [88]
• —— cristatella, [88]
• Emberizinæ, [88]
• Eniberizoides poliocephalus, [98]
• Eremobius, [69]
• —— phœnicurus, [69]
• Etourneau des terres, [110]
• Euphone jacarina, [92]
• Falconidæ, [9]
• Falconina, [28]
• Falco sparverius, [29]
• Falco femoralis, [28]
• —— degener, [13]
• —— leucurus, [15]
• —— Novæ Zealandiæ, [15]
• —— Australis, [15]
• —— Brasiliensis, [9]
• —— histrionicus, [50]
• Falcunculus Guianensis, [58]
• Figulus albogularis, [64]
• Fluvicolinæ, [51]
• Fluvicola nengeta, [54]
• —— icterophrys, [53]
• —— Azaræ, [53]
• —— Irupero, [50]
• —— perspicillata, [53]
• Fournier, [64]
• Fregata Aquila, [146]
• Fringilla Gayi, [92]
• —— carbonaria, [94]
• —— campestris, [89]
• —— formosa, [92]
• —— fruticeti, [94]
• —— icterica, [97]
• —— Hispaniolensis, [95]
• —— matutina, [91]
• —— alaudina, [94]
• —— splendens, [92]
• —— Diuca, [92]
• Fringilla Manimbè, [90]
• —— Magellanica, [97]
• —— luteoventris, [89]
• Fringillidæ, [87]
• Fringillinæ, [90]
• Fulica galeata, [133]
• Furnarius Chilensis, [67]
• —— Lessonii, [67]
• —— cunicularius, Anat. Descript. of, [148]
• —— fuliginosus, [67]
• —— rufus, [64]
• —— cunicularius, [65]
• —— dumetorium, [66]
• —— ruber, [80]
• Gafarron, [97]
• Gallinula crassirostris, [133]
• —— galeata, [133]
• Geospiza magnirostris, [100]
• —— strenua, [100]
• —— parvula, [102]
• —— nebulosa, [101]
• —— fortis, [101]
• —— crassirostris, [103]
• —— dentirostris, [102]
• —— fuliginosa, [101]
• —— dubia, [103]
• Grallatores, [125]
• Grande Mouette, [142]
• Grive rousse et noirâtre, [59]
• —— blanche et noirâtre, [59]
• Guirayetupa, [51]
• Gyratones, [114]
• Hæmatopus palliatus, [128]
• Halcyonidæ, [41]
• Halcyon erythrorhyncha, [41]
• Haliaëtus chimachima, [13]
• —— erythronotus, [26]
• —— chimango, [14]
• Hiaticula Azaræ, [127]
• —— semipalmata, [128]
• —— trifasciatus, [127]
• Himantopus nigricollis, [130]
• Hirundinidæ, [37]
• Hirundo purpurea, [38]
• —— concolor, [39]
• —— leucopygia, [40]
• Hirundo frontalis, [40]
• —— cyanoleuca, [41]
• Huppe jaune, [88]
• Hylactes Tarnii, [70]
• Ibis melanops, [128]
• —— Ordi, [129]
• —— Falcinellus, [129]
• Icterus fringillarius, [107]
• —— niger, [107]
• —— anticus, [107]
• —— maxillaris, [107]
• —— sericeus, [107]
• —— unicolor, [107]
• —— sulcirostris, [107]
• Irupero, [53]
• Ispida torquata, [42]
• Laniadæ, [58]
• Laniagra Guianensis, [58]
• Lanianæ, [58]
• Lanius doliatus, [58]
• —— nengeta, [54]
• —— sulphuratus, [43]
• Larus fuliginosus, [141]
• —— hæmatorhynchus, [142]
• —— dominicanus, [142]
• —— cirrocephalus, [142]
• —— maculipennis, [142]
• —— glaucodes, [142]
• Leistes erythrocephala, [109]
• —— anticus, [107]
• Leptonyx macropus, [71]
• —— Tarnii, [70]
• —— albicollis, [72]
• —— paradoxus, [73]
• —— rubecula, [73]
• Lessonia erythronotus, [84]
• Lichenops erythropterus, [52]
• —— perspicillatus, [51]
• Limosa Hudsonica, [129]
• Limnornis, [80]
• —— rectirostris, [80]
• —— curvirostris, [81]
• Lindo bleu dore et noir, [97]
• Macas cornu, [137]
• Malacorhynchus Chilensis, [73]
• Manimbè, [90]
• Mareca Bahamensis, [135]
• Megalonyx medius, [72]
• —— rufus, [71]
• —— albicollis, [72]
• —— ruficeps, [70]
• —— rubecula, [73]
• —— rufogularis, [73]
• Megalopterus stolidus, [145]
• Melanocorypha cinctura, [87]
• Merops rufus, [64]
• Micropterus brachypterus, [136]
• Milvago pezoporos, [13]
• —— montanus, [19]
• —— ochrocephalus, [13]
• —— chimango, [14]
• —— megalopterus, [21]
• —— leucurus, [15]
• —— albogularis, [18]
• Mimus Patagonicus, [60]
• —— Orpheus, [60]
• —— parvulus, [63]
• —— Thenca, [61]
• —— saturninus, [60]
• —— melanotis, [62]
• —— trifasciatus, [62]
• Molothrus niger, [107]
• Motacilla Patagonica, [67]
• —— Gracula, [67]
• Mouette cendrèe, [142]
• Muscicapa psalura, [51]
• —— risoria, [51]
• —— mœsta, [53]
• —— nivea, [53]
• —— parulus, [49]
• —— icterophrys, [53]
• —— pyrope, [55]
• —— polyglotta, [54]
• —— Tyrannus, [43]
• —— vittiger, [54]
• Muscicapidæ, [42]
• Muscipeta albiceps, [47]
• Muscisaxicola brunnea, [84]
• —— nigra, [84]
• —— mentalis, [83]
• —— macloviana, [83]
• Muscivora Tyrannus, [34]
• Myiobius parvirostris, [48]
• —— magnirostris, [48]
• —— albiceps, [47]
• —— auriceps, [47]
• Nothura minor, [119]
• —— perdicaria, [119]
• —— major, [119]
• Numenius Hudsonicus, [129]
• —— brevirostris, [129]
• Nycticorax violaceus, [128]
• —— Americanus, [128]
• Œnanthe perspicillata, [51]
• L’Onglet, [97]
• Opetiorhynchus rufus, [64]
• —— antarcticus, Anat. Descript. of, [149]
• —— lanceolatus, [68]
• —— nigrofumosus, [68]
• —— antarcticus, [67]
• —— Patagonicus, [67]
• —— vulgaris, Anat. Descript. of, [149]
• —— Patagonicus, Anat. Descript. of, [150]
• —— vulgaris, [66]
• —— rupestris, [67]
• Oreophilus totanirostris, [125]
• Oriolus flavus, [107]
• —— cayennensis, [106]
• —— ruber, [109]
• Ornismya Kingii, [110]
• —— tristis, [111]
• Orpheus Thenca, [61]
• —— melanotis, [62]
• —— trifasciatus, [62]
• —— Patagonicus, [60]
• —— modulator, [60]
• —— parvulus, [63]
• —— calandria, [60]
• Ortyx Falklandica, [117]
• Otus Galapagoensis, [32]
• —— palustris, [33]
• Oxyurus ornatus, [81]
• —— dorso-maculatus, [82]
• —— tupinieri, [81]
• Pachyramphus albescens, [50]
• —— minimus, [51]
• Palmipedes, [134]
• Parulus ruficeps, [79]
• Passerina discolor, [107]
• —— jacarina, [92]
• —— guttata, [94]
• Passer Hispaniolensis, [95]
• —— Jagoensis, [95]
• Patagon, [113]
• Pattagonian maccaw, [113]
• —— warbler, [67]
• Pelecanoides Berardi, [138]
• —— Garnotii, [139]
• Pelecanus carunculatus, [145]
• —— aquilus, [146]
• Pelidna cinclus, [131]
• —— minutilla, [131]
• —— Schinzii, [131]
• Le Pepoaza proprement dit, [54]
• Pepoaza variegata, [55]
• —— pyrope, [55]
• —— maritima, [57]
• —— gutturalis, [56]
• —— nivea, [53]
• Perdix Falklandica, [117]
• Perruche, [112]
• Perspicilla leucoptera, [51]
• Petit Bout-de-Petun, [114]
• Petrel échasse, [141]
• Phalacrocorax imperialis, [145]
• —— carunculatus, [145]
• Phalcobœnus montanus, [19]
• Philomachus Cayanus, [127]
• Phytotoma Bloxami, [106]
• —— rutila, [106]
• —— silens, [106]
• —— rara, Anat. Descript. of, [153]
• —— rara, [106]
• Picazuro, [115]
• Picus campestris, [113]
• —— Chilensis, [114]
• —— Kingii, [113]
• —— melanocephalus, [113]
• Pigeon rougeatre, [116]
• Pipilo personata, [98]
• Pitylus superciliaris, [97]
• Platyurus niger, [74]
• Podiceps kalipareus, [136]
• —— Rollandii, [137]
• —— Chilensis, [137]
• Pœcilonitta Bahamensis, [135]
• Polyborinæ, [9]
• Polyborus Galapagoensis, [23]
• —— chimango, [14]
• —— Brasiliensis, [9]
• —— vulgaris, [9]
• —— albogularis, [18]
• —— chimachima, [13]
• Porphyrio simplex, [133]
• Prion vittatus, [141]
• Procellaria oceanica, [141]
• —— Capensis, [140]
• —— Berardi, [138]
• —— vittata, [141]
• —— urinatrix, [139]
• —— gigantea, [139]
• —— glacialoïdes, [140]
• —— puffinus, [137]
• Progne purpurea, [38]
• —— modesta, [39]
• Psarocolius sericeus, [107]
• —— anticus, [107]
• —— chrysopterus, [106]
• —— flaviceps, [107]
• Psittacara Patachonica, [113]
• Psittacus Patagonus, [113]
• —— murinus, [112]
• Pteroptochos albicollis, [72]
• —— albicollis, Anat. Descript. of, [151]
• —— Tarnii, [70]
• —— Tarnii, Anat. Descript. of, [150]
• —— rubecula, [73]
• —— megapodius, [71]
• —— paradoxus, [73]
• Ptiloleptus cristatus, [114]
• Puffinuria Berardi, [138]
• —— Garnotii, [139]
• Puffinus cinereus, [137]
• Pyrocephalus, [44]
• —— parvirostris, [44]
• —— obscurus, [45]
• —— nanus, [45]
• —— dubius, [46]
• Pyrgita Jagoensis, [95]
• Pyrrhalauda nigriceps, [87]
• Pyrrhulinæ, [88]
• Querquedula creccoïdes, [135]
• —— erythrorhyncha, [135]
• Rallus Philippensis, [133]
• —— ypecaha, [133]
• —— sanguinolentus, [133]
• Recurvirostra himantopus, [130]
• Regulus omnicolor, [86]
• —— Byronensis, [86]
• Rhea Americana, [120]
• —— Darwinii, [123]
• Rhinomya lanceolata, [70]
• Rhynchaspis maculatus, [135]
• Rhynchæa semicollaris, [131]
• —— Hilairea, [131]
• —— occidentalis, [131]
• Rhynchops nigra, [143]
• Rhynchotus fasciatus, [120]
• —— rufescens, [120]
• Sarcoramphus gryphus, [3]
• —— Condor, [3]
• Saurophagus sulphuratus, [43]
• Sauteur, [92]
• Scansores, [112]
• Scolopax melanoleuca, [130]
• —— vociferus, [130]
• —— Magellanicus, [131]
• —— Hudsonica, [129]
• —— Paraguaiæ, [131]
• —— Brasiliensis, [131]
• Scytalopus fuscus, [74]
• —— Magellanicus, [74]
• Serpophaga, [48]
• —— parulus, [49]
• —— nigricans, [50]
• —— albo-coronata, [49]
• —— albo-coronata, Anat. Descript. of, [147]
• Siuriri noirátre et jaune, [53]
• Sourciroux, [58]
• Spermophila nigrogularis, [88]
• Spheniscus Humboldtii, [137]
• Sphenura ruficeps, [79]
• Squatarola fusca, [126]
• —— cincta, [126]
• Sterna aranea, [145]
• —— stolida, [145]
• Strepsilas interpres, [132]
• Strigidæ, [31]
• Striginæ, [34]
• Strix cunicularia, [31]
• —— flammea, [34]
• —— punctatissima, [34]
• —— brachyota, [33]
• —— rufipes, [34]
• Sturnella rubra, [109]
• —— militaris, [110]
• Sturnus pyrrhocephalus, [109]
• —— militaris, [110]
• Surninæ, [31]
• Sylvia Magellanica, [74]
• —— velata, [87]
• —— Bloxami, [49]
• —— macloviana, [83]
• —— nigricans, [50]
• —— Patagonica, [67]
• —— dorsalis, [84]
• —— perspicillata, [51]
• —— rubrigastra, [86]
• Sylvicola aureola, [86]
• Synallaxis humicola, [75]
• —— major, [76]
• —— rufogularis, [77]
• —— maluroides, [77]
• —— maluroides, Anat. Descript. of, [152]
• —— flavogularis, [78]
• —— brunnea, [78]
• —— ægithaloides, [79]
• —— ruficapilla, [79]
• —— dorso-maculata, [82]
• —— tupinieri, [81]
• Tachuris omnicolor, [86]
• —— roi, [86]
• —— nigricans, [50]
• Le Petit Tachuris noirâtre, [50]
• Tanagra ruficollis, [91]
• —— Guianensis, [58]
• —— vittata, [98]
• —— canicapilla, [87]
• —— Darwinii, [97]
• —— Bonariensis, [107]
• —— superciliaris, [97]
• —— jacarina, [92]
• Tanagra striata, [97]
• Tanagrinæ, [97]
• Tantalus Mexicanus, [129]
• —— chalcopterus, [129]
• Tetrao Falklandicus, [117]
• Thalassidroma oceanica, [141]
• Thamnophilinæ, [58]
• Thamnophilus doliatus, [58]
• Theristicus melanops, [128]
• Tinamus minor, [119]
• —— major, [119]
• —— rufescens, [120]
• Tinnunculus Sparverius, [29]
• Tinochorus rumicivorus, [117]
• —— rumicivorus, Anat. Descript. of, [155]
• —— Eschscholtzii, [117]
• Tisserin des Galapagos, [105]
• Tityranæ, [50]
• Tœnioptera variegata, [55]
• Totanus semicollaris, [131]
• —— fuliginosus, [130]
• —— flavipes, [129]
• —— macropterus, [129]
• —— melanoleucos, [130]
• —— solitarius, [130]
• Trichas canicapilla, [87]
• —— velata, [87]
• Tringa Morinellus, [132]
• —— minutilla, [131]
• —— Urvillii, [126]
• —— rufescens, [130]
• —— semipalmata, [128]
• —— macroptera, [129]
• —— Schinzii, [131]
• Trochilidæ, [110]
• Trochilus flavifrons, [110]
• —— forficatus, [110]
• —— gigas, [111]
• —— gigas, Anat. Descript. of, [154]
• Troglodytes Magellanicus, [74]
• —— Platensis, [75]
• —— paradoxus, [73]
• Troupiale à tête jaune, [107]
• Turdidæ, [59]
• Turdus Falklandicus, [59]
• Turdus Magellanicus, [59]
• Turdus Thenca, [61]
• —— rufiventer, [59]
• —— varius, [64]
• —— curæus, [107]
• —— Chochi, [59]
• —— leucomelas, [59]
• —— albiventer, [59]
• —— Orpheus, [60]
• Tyranninæ, [42]
• Tyrannula magnirostris, [48]
• —— auriceps, [47]
• —— parvirostris, [48]
• Tyrannus Irupero, [53]
• —— pepoaza, [54]
• —— polyglottus, [54]
• —— nengeta, [54]
• —— magnanimus, [43]
• —— sulphuratus, [43]
• —— gutturalis, [56]
• —— coronatus, [54]
• —— Savana, [43]
• Ulula rufipes, [34]
• Ululinæ, [32]
• Uppucerthia dumetoria, [66]
• —— dumetoria, Anat. Descript. of, [148]
• —— dumetorum, [66]
• Uppucerthia vulgaris, [66]
• —— rupestris, [67]
• Uppucerthia nigro-fumosa, [68]
• Vanellus cinctus, [126]
• Viralva aranea, [145]
• Vultur gryphus, [3]
• —— aura, [8]
• —— atratus, [7]
• —— jota, [7]
• Vulturidæ, [3]
• White-rumped snipe, [130]
• Xanthornus chrysopterus, [106]
• —— flavus, [107]
• Xema cirrocephalum, [142]
• Xolmis nengeta, [54]
• —— coronata, [54]
• —— variegata, [55]
• —— Pyrope, [55]
• Yahana proprement dit, [133]
• Ypecaha, [133]
• Yellow crested grosbeak, [88]
• Yellow shanks snipe, [129]
• Yetapa psalura, [51]
• Zaporina notata, [132]
• —— spilonota, [132]
• Zenaida aurita, [115]
• —— Galapagoensis, [115]
• —— Boliviana, [116]
• Zonotrichia strigiceps, [92]
• —— canicapilla, [91]
• —— matutina, [91]

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[1]. I measured a specimen, which I killed there: it was from tip to tip of wing, eight and a half feet; and from end of beak to end of tail four feet.

[2]. I noticed that several hours before any of the Condors died, all the lice with which they are infested, crawled to the outside feathers. I was told, that this always happened.

[3]. In the case of the Cathartes Aura, Mr. Owen, in some notes read before the Zoological Society, (See Magazine of Nat. Hist. New Ser. vol. i. p. 638.) has demonstrated from the developed form of the olfactory nerves, that this bird must possess an acute sense of smell. It was mentioned on the same evening, in a communication from Mr. Sells, that on two occasions, persons in the West Indies having died, and their bodies not being buried till they smelt offensively, these birds congregated in numbers on the roof of the house. This instance appears quite conclusive, as it was certain, from the construction of the buildings, that they must have gained the intelligence by the sense of smell alone, and not by that of sight. It would appear from the various facts recorded, that carrion-feeding hawks possess both senses, in a very high degree.

[4]. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale, vol. iii. p. 24.

[5]. In this work, whenever the particular name of any colour is given, or it is placed within commas, it implies, that it is taken from comparison with Patrick Syme’s edition of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours.

[6]. Mileago Chimango of this work.

[7]. Novorum Actorum Academiæ Cæsariæ, Leopol. vol. xvi. p. 62. Observationes Zoologicas, F. J. Meyenii.

[8]. Tom. iii. p. 162.

[9]. Voyage dans l’Amérique Meridionale Partie, Oiseaux, p. 52.

[10]. Perhaps to this genus belong Muscicapa thamnophiloides and cinerea, figured by Spix, in his Aves, pl. 26. f. 1 and 2. G. R. Gray.

[11]. Molina, in his account of Chile, attributes this nest, I believe, through an error, to Mimus thenca.

[12]. Journal of Researches during the Voyage of the Beagle, p. 60.

[13]. This genus, and the following sub-genera, were named by Mr. Gould at a meeting of the Zool. Soc. Jan. 10 1837, p. 4. of Proceedings.

[14]. Remarks on the Plumage of Birds, Charlsworth’s Mag. of Nat. History, vol. i. p. 480.

[15]. Fauna Borealis, Birds, p. 278. Dr. Richardson states that the egg is only seven lines and a half in length. I presume the measure of eight lines, instead of twelve to the inch, must in this case have been used. I am much indebted to the kindness of Mr. Yarrell for lending me an egg of the Molothrus pecoris, forming part of a collection of North American eggs in his possession.

[16]. Wilson’s American Ornithology, vol. ii. p. 162.

[17]. Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol. i. p. 217.

[18]. See Azara, vol. iii. p. 170.

[19]. It appears that the eggs in the same nest with that of the Molothrus pecoris, are turned out by the parent birds before they are hatched, owing to the egg of the M. pecoris being hatched in an unusually short time; in the case of the young cuckoo, as is well known, the young bird itself throws out its foster-brothers. Mr. C. Fox, however, (Silliman’s American Journal, vol. xxix. p. 292), relates an instance of three young sparrows having been found alive with a Molothrus.

[20]. Humboldt, Pers. Narr. vol. v. part 1. p. 352. Cook’s Third Voyage, vol. ii. and Beechey’s Voyage.

[21]. Cowley’s Voyage, p. 10, in Dampier’s Collection of Voyages.

[22]. Dampier’s Voyage, vol. i. p. 103. For some further observations on the tameness of the birds on this and some other islands, see my Journal of Researches, p. 475.

[23]. In Hearne’s Travels in North America, (p. 383), it is stated that the Northern Indians shoot the varying hare, which will not bear to be approached in a straight line, in an analogous manner, by walking round it in a spire. The middle of the day is the best time, when the shadow of the hunter is not very long.

[24]. Sturt’s Travels, vol. ii. p. 74.

[25]. A Gaucho assured me that he had once seen a snow-white, or Albino variety, and that it was a most beautiful bird.

[26]. It appears, also, from Mr. Gould’s late most interesting discoveries regarding the habits of the Talegalla Lathami, (an Australian bird, one of the Rasores,) that several females lay in one nest, and that the eggs are hatched by the heat engendered by a mass of decaying vegetable matter. It appears that the males assist the females in scratching together the leaves and earth, of which the great conical mound or nest is composed.

[27]. Burchell’s Travels, vol. i. p. 280.

[28]. Azara, vol. iv. p. 173.

[29]. Lichtenstein, however, (Travels, vol. ii. p. 25.) states, that the hens begin to sit when ten or twelve eggs are laid, and that they afterwards continue laying. He affirms that by day the hens take turns in sitting, but that the cock sits all night.

[30]. The naturalists in Lutke’s voyage, vol. iii. p. 255, seem to consider a gull, which they obtained at Concepcion, as the Larus Franklinii of North America.

[31]. I am much indebted to Mr. Eyton for these observations, which greatly add to the value of the previous descriptions.

[32]. Since the above was in type, I have had, through the kindness of Mr. Gould, an opportunity of examining Menura lyra, and find my former supposition to be correct; but neither of these genera can be placed among the gallinaceous birds where the latter bird has been arranged by some authors.

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