2. Ceryle torquata. Bonap.
Alcedo torquata. Gmel.
Ispida torquata. Swain.
This bird is common in the south part of Chile, in Chiloe, the Chonos Archipelago, and on the whole west coast, as far as the extreme southern parts of Tierra del Fuego. In these countries, it almost exclusively frequents the retired bays and channels of the sea with which the land is intersected; and lives on marine productions. I opened the stomach of one, and found it full of the remains of crustaceæ, and a part of a small fish. It occurs likewise in La Plata, and is very common in Brazil, where it haunts fresh water. It is said (Dict. Class. d’Hist. Nat.) to occur in the West Indian islands; it has, therefore, a wider range (from the equatorial region to the neighbourhood of Cape Horn) than the Ceryle Americana.
Family.—MUSCICAPIDÆ. Vieill.
Sub-Fam.—TYRANNINÆ. Sw.
Saurophagus sulphuratus. Swains.
Lanius sulphuratus. Gmel.
Tyrannus magnanimus. Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 850.
Tyrannus sulphuratus. D’Orb. & Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1837, p. 42.