The total length is 15½ inches; that of the bill 1 inch; of the wing, from the carpus to the end of the fourth quill feather, 11 inches; of the tail 7½ inches; of the tarsi 2⅜.
11. Strix nana.—Nob. in Zoological Journal iii. 427.
Str. fusco brunnea, fronte nuchâ alisque albo-notatis, gulâ albâ, caudâ fasciis frequentibus rufis notatâ.
The total length is 54⁄5 inches; of the bill ½ inch; of the wing, from the carpal joint to the extremity of the fourth quill feather, 3¾ inches; of the tail 2¾ inches; of the tarsi ⅞.
N.B.—Three other species of this genus are in the collection which appear to be new.
12. Hirundo.—Sp.*
13. Hirundo.—Sp.*
14. Hirundo.—Sp.*
* Three distinct species of swallow, very much resembling the British species,—Hir. rustica, urbica, and riparia.
Strait of Magalhaens.