La Caille des Isles Malouines, Buff. pl. enl. 222.
Coturnix Falklandica, Bonn. Ency. Meth. Orn. 220.
Perdix Falklandica, Lath. Ind. Orn. 11, 652.
Ortyx Falklandica, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. xi. 386.
This bird is not uncommon on the mountains in the extreme southern parts of Tierra del Fuego. It frequents, either in pairs or small coveys, the zone of alpine plants above the region of forest. It is not very wild, and lies very close on the bare ground.
2. Attagis gayii. Less.
Attagis Gayii, Less. Cent. Zool. pl. 47, p. 155.
A specimen was given me, which was shot on the lofty Cordillera of Coquimbo, only a little below the snow-line. At a similar height, on the Andes, behind Copiapo, which appear so entirely destitute of vegetation, that any one would have thought that no living creature could have found subsistence there, I saw a covey. Five birds rose together, and uttered noisy cries; they flew like grouse, and were very wild. I was told that this species never descends to the lower Cordillera. These two species, in their respective countries, occupy the place of the ptarmigan of the northern hemisphere.
Tinochorus rumicivorus. Eschsch.
Thinocorus rumicivorus, Eschsch. Zool. Atl. pl. 2.