2. Podiceps rollandii. Quoy et Gaim.
Podiceps Rolland, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de l’Uranie, pl. 36. p. 133.
I obtained specimens from the Falkland Islands (March), where it was common at the head of the tortuous bays which intersect those islands; from a fresh water lake near the Strait of Magellan (February); and from the eastern coast of Chiloe. The male and female have the same plumage. Iris of a fine red colour. Mr. Gould adds that, “this species appears to be as nearly related to the Podiceps cornutus, as the preceding species is to P. auritus, but is readily distinguishable from it, by the white spot in the centre of the tuft of feathers that spring from the sides of the face.”
3. Podiceps Chilensis. Garnot.
Le macas cornu, Azara, No. 443.
This specimen was procured in a fresh water lake near Buenos Ayres. Capt. P. King brought home specimens from the salt-water channels in Tierra del Fuego, where it is excessively numerous. It often makes a very melancholy cry, which suits the gloomy climate of those desolate shores.
Spheniscus Humboldtii. Meyen.
Spheniscus Humboldtii, Meyen. Nov. Act. Acad. Cæs. Leop. Car. Nat. Cur. 1834, 110. pl. 21.
My specimen was obtained near Valparaiso. Meyen, who first described this bird, procured it from the coast of Peru.