F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

I have seen it within the first range of mountains on the Uspallata plain, elevated between six and seven thousand feet. The ordinary habits of the ostrich are well known. They feed on vegetable matter, such as roots and grass; but at Bahia Blanca, I have repeatedly seen three or four come down at low water to the extensive mud-banks which are then dry, for the sake, as the Gauchos say, of catching small fish. Although the ostrich in its habits is so shy, wary, and solitary, and although so

A145    Periodical contribution:     Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Journal of Botany, London, 3: 19-47.   Text   Image   PDF

mucronato-acutis uninerviis subtus albo-tomentosis marginibus revolutis, capitulis racemoso-spicatis foliosis, involucri campanulati ( subhemisph rici) squamis dense pubescenti-incanis, ext. ovatis, int. oblongis obtusis, omnibus apicibus scariosis. Between Rio de los Ehovillos and el Rio Quinto, province of San Luis. Dr Gillies (n. 185.) Salt Plains of Bahia Blanca, lat. 40 . in N. Patagonia, and in high and dry places of Cordova. Tweedi (n. 1126.) Leaves 4 6 lines long, very slender, almost

A146    Periodical contribution:     Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Journal of Botany, London, 3: 310-348.   Text   Image   PDF

is inclined to refer to his H. tenuilobum, a Mexican plant. Lessing's genus Hymenaherum, it will be observed, is very different from this of Cassini, and is Cassini's Losithenia. Subtrib. V. HELENIE . Less. 1168. (1.) Bahia ambrosioides, Less. DC. Prodr, v. p. 657. Valparaiso, Cuming, (n. 769.) Bridges, (n. 60.) Mathews, (n. 168.) Fruticulus dense pubescens. Folia opposita biternatim secta; segmmentis cuneoto-oblongis, acutis. Capitula coymbosa, heterogama, radio 5 9-flavo. Involucrum sub [page

A146    Periodical contribution:     Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Journal of Botany, London, 3: 310-348.   Text   Image   PDF

branches; but the capitula have a great resemblance to those of the following, and the leaves are so variable on others of this genus, that we know not where to draw the, limits of the species. 2024. (18.) S. pinnatus, Poir. DC. Prodr. vi. p. 411. S. Megapotamicus, Spr. ? Pampas of Buenos Ayres, and lower margin of the Jarillal above Mendoza; Dr Dillies. Banda Orientals; Tweedie. St Julian and Bahia Blanca, N. Patagonia; C. Darwin, Esq., (n. 392. and n. 396.) N. Patagonia; Tweedie. We have copious

F8.15    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 no. 5 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

described one. HIMANTOPUS NIGRICOLLIS. Vieill. Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill. Ency. Meth. 340. Recurvirostra himantopus, Wils. Am. Orn. pl. 58. f. 2. My specimens were obtained from the provinces bordering the Plata. On the great swampy plains and fens which lie between Buenos Ayres and Bahia Blanca, it is very numerous in small, and occasionally, in large flocks. This plover, which appears as if mounted on stilts, has been wrongfully accused of inelegance; when wading about in shallow water

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

Archipelago, where the nature of the country is very similar to that of Tierra del Fuego, and, on opening its stomach, he found it filled with the remains of large-sized crabs: I conclude, therefore, that these birds here likewise subsist chiefly on marine productions. SUB.-FAM.—STRIGINÆ. 1. STRIX FLAMMEA. Linn. I obtained a specimen of a white owl from Bahia Blanca in Northern Patagonia, and Mr. Gould remarks concerning it, that he only retains the name of S. flammea provisionally, until all the white

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

that of the rest of the genus. I opened the stomachs of some specimens killed at Maldonado, and found in them seeds and ants. At Bahia Blanca I saw these birds catching on the wing large stercovorous Coleoptera; in this respect it follows the habits, although in most others it differs from those of the rest of its tribe. Iris rich brown. 4. XOLMIS PYROPE. G. R. Gray. Muscicapa pyrope, Kitlitz. Mem. l'Acad. Imp. des Sci. St. Peters. 1831. p. 191. pl. 10. Vögel von Chili, pl. 10. p. 19. Pepoaza

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

Galapagos Archipelago (October). It was a male; bill, lead colour; base of superior mandible purple, with a black mark in the upper part. DAFILA UROPHASIANUS. Eyton. Dafila urophasianus, Eyton, Monog. Anatidæ. p. 112. Anas urophasianus, King, Zool. Journ. iv. 351. Bahia Blanca, Northern Patagonia. RHYNCHASPIS MACULATUS. Gould. Rhynchaspis maculatus, Gould, in Jard. Selby Illust. Orn. p. 147. pl. 147. Mr. Gould observes that, A good figure of this beautiful shoveller may be found in the 3rd vol

F8.15    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 no. 5 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

feather, fastened to the end of a long stick.* A boy on a quiet old horse will frequently thus catch thirty or forty in a day. The flesh of this bird, when cooked, is most delicately white, but rather tasteless. The egg of this species, I believe, closely resembles that of the two following. 2. NOTHURA MINOR. Wagl. Nothura minor, Wagl. Syst. Av. p. sp. 4. Tinamus minor, Spix, Av. Br. pl. 82. I procured a specimen of this bird at Bahia Blanca, in northern Patagonia, where it frequented the sand

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both being orange, as is the case with those killed on the shores of the Plata. I have not, however, thought it desirable to make two species of these birds, not having a larger series of specimens for comparison. 2. HIATICULA TRIFASCIATUS. G. R. Gray. Charadrius bifasciatus, Licht. Vog. Verz. p. 71. ———— trifasciatus, Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 31. I procured two specimens of this bird at Bahia Blanca, in Northern Patagonia. [page] 128 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

F8.15    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 no. 5 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

heaviest, yet sometimes visit quiet harbours, in considerable numbers. At Bahia Blanca I saw many, when there was nothing in the weather to explain their appearance. I was informed by a sealer, that they build in holes on the sea cliffs of Georgia, where they arrive very regularly in the month of September. No other place is known to be frequented by them for the purpose of breeding. PRION VITTATUS. Cuv. Procellaria Vittata, Gmelin. Syst. i. 560. I did not procure a specimen of this bird, although I

F8.15    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 no. 5 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

VIRALVA ARANEA. G. R. Gray. Sterna aranea, Wils. Am. Orn. pl. 72. f. 6. My specimen was procured at Bahia Blanca, in Northern Patagonia. I may here observe, that many navigators have supposed that terns, when met with out at sea, are a sure indication of land. But these birds seem not unfrequently to be lost in the open ocean; thus one (Megalopterus stolidus) flew on board the Beagle in the Pacific, when several hundred miles from the Galapagos Archipelago. No doubt, the remark made by

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

transversely as other birds. Mr. Gould observes, that this goatsucker is full a third less than the Caprimulgus Europæus, and is remarkable for the uniformity of its markings, having no distinct white bars, or marks, either on the wings or tail. FAMILY.—HIRUNDINIDÆ. 1. PROGNE PURPUREA. Boie. Hirundo purpurea, Wils. My specimens were obtained at Monte Video, (November) and Bahia Blanca, 39° S. (September) how much further southward this species extends I do not know. Jardine says, that in North

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

Plata, throughout Patagonia, in Tierra del Fuego, where it is one of the commonest birds, and likewise in Central Chile: its habits resemble very closely those of the common Troglodytes of England. In the open country near Bahia Blanca it lived amongst the thickets and coarse herbage in the valleys; in Tierra del Fuego, in the outskirts of the forest. Its chirp is harsh. In Chile I saw one in October building its nest in a hole in a stone wall, in a situation such as would have been chosen by

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

yellowish, with the tip of each feather dark brown; the remainder of the under surface, greyish brown; bill and feet, dark brown. Habitat, Patagonia. My specimens were obtained at Bahia Blanca and at Santa Cruz, two extreme parts of Patagonia. It frequents the thinly scattered thickets on the arid plains: the hind claw of its foot is not produced as in S. rufogularis, and it lives less on the ground. 6. SYNALLAXIS BRUNNEA. Gould. S. pallide rubro fusca; primariis secundariisque rufis apice fuscis

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1. ZONOTRICHIA MATUTINA. G. R. Gray. Fringilla matutina, Licht., Cat. 25. —————— Kittl. Kupfertafeln der Vögel, pl. 23. f. 3. Tanagra ruficollis, Spix, Av. Sp. Nov. ii. t. liii. f. 3. p. 39. Chingolo, Azara, No. 135. Chingolo Bunting, Lath. Hist. I procured specimens of this species from the banks of the Plata, Bahia Blanca in Northern Patagonia, and from Valparaiso in Chile: in these countries it is perhaps the commonest bird. In the Cordillera, I have seen it at an elevation of at least 8000

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

shade paler, and rather smaller; its length being 1.815, and its transverse diameter 1.3 of an inch. RHYNCHOTUS RUFESCENS. Wagl. Rhynchotus rufescens, Wagl. Av. Syst. Tinamus rufescens. Temm. Gall. iii. p. 552. Rhynchotus fasciatus. Spix. Av. Br. pl. 76. Cryptura Guaza. Vieill. Crypturus rufescens. Licht. Vög. Verz. s. 67. My specimens were procured at Maldonado, where it is a much rarer bird than the Nothura major; I met with it also in the sterile country near Bahia Blanca. At Maldonado it

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

purpose of breaking them. So strong is the head, that I have sometimes scarcely been able to fracture it with my geological hammer; and all our sportsmen soon discovered how tenacious these birds were of life. When pluming themselves in the evening in a flock they make an odd mixture of sounds, somewhat like bull-frogs within the tropics. 1. PODICEPS KALIPAREUS. Quoy Gaim. My specimens were obtained from Bahia Blanca (September), Northern Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands. In the former place it

F9.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

abounds in flocks on the Pampas, sometimes even as much as fifty and sixty miles inland. Near Buenos Ayres, and at Bahia Blanca, it attends the slaughtering-houses, and feeds, together with the Polybori and Cathartes, on the garbage and offal. The noise which it utters is very like that of the common English gull (Larus canus, Linn.) XEMA (CHROICOCEPHALUS) CIRROCEPHALUM. G. R. Gray. Larus cirrocephalus, Vieill. Nov. Dict. d'Histoire, 21. p. 502. Larus maculipennis, Licht. Cat. 83. sp. 855. Larus

A92    Periodical contribution:     Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. [Descriptions of Some New Coleopterous Insects from the Southern Parts of S. America, Collected by C. Darwin, Esq. and T. Bridges, Esq.]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 105-28.   Text   Image   PDF

with fine but distinct rug , and though these rug , for the most part, have a longitudinal direction, they are much more irregular than in most species of the genus. The two terminal segments are punctured, but in the penultimate segment the punctures are very few in number, and confined to the sides. The spines at the apex of the anterior tibi are more slender and proportionately longer than in N. l vis. Besides the two specimens, one from Bahia Blanca and the other rather further south (San

A92    Periodical contribution:     Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. [Descriptions of Some New Coleopterous Insects from the Southern Parts of S. America, Collected by C. Darwin, Esq. and T. Bridges, Esq.]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 105-28.   Text   Image   PDF

Mendoza. EPIPEDONOTA BONARIENSIS. Epip. atra, nitida; thorace supr irregulariter et longitudinaliter multiplicato, ad latera crenato; elytris utrinque costis duabus elevatis, et sulcis transversalibus ordinetriplici. Long. corp. 11 lin.; lat. 5 lin.; vel, long. 9 2/3 lin.; lat. 5 lin. Hab. Monte Video and Bahia Blanca. The species nearly resembles the E. ebenina, but differs in being larger and proportionately broader; as in E. ebenina, each elytron has two longitudinal elevated cont besides the

F8.16    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Fish Part 4 no. 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Leonard Jenyns. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

having vomerine teeth, and four rays in the ventrals, as well as in the general disposition of the markings; but no mention is made in the Histoire des Poissons of the nuchal filaments, which, however, may have been overlooked, as they are small and simple, and not very obvious. If it be identical with that species, its range in the Atlantic must be considerable, as the S. vomerinus is found on the coast of S. America, near Bahia. Generally speaking the same species are not observed on both

F8.17    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1842. Fish Part 4 no. 4 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Leonard Jenyns. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

ECHENEIDIDÆ. Echeneis Remora, Linn. . . . Atlantic Ocean. ANGUILLIDÆ. Anguilla australis, Richards. . . New Zealand. Conger punctus, Jen. . . . . Tierra del Fuego. ANGUILLIDÆ-continued. Muræna lentiginosa, Jen. . . . Galapagos. ocellata, Agass. . . . Rio de Janeiro. ? . . . . . . Cape Verde Islands. ? . . . . . . Tahiti. LOPHOBRANCHII. SYNGNATHIDÆ. Syngnathus acicularis, Jen. . . Valparaiso. conspicillatus, Jen. . Tahiti. crinitus, Jen. . . . Bahia Blanca. PLECTOGNATHI. TETRODONTIDÆ. Diodon

F8.17    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1842. Fish Part 4 no. 4 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Leonard Jenyns. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

. arcuata, Jen. . . . . . Bahia Blanca. sagax, Jen. . . . . . Lima. Alosa pectinata, Jen. . . . . North Patagonia. Engraulis ringens, Jen. . . . Coast of Peru. PLEURONECTIDÆ. Platessa Orbignyana, Val. ? . . Bahia Blanca. ? . . . . King George's Sound. Hippoglossus Kingii, Jen. . . . Valparaiso. Rhombus ? . . . . Bahia Blanca. Achirus lineatus, D'Orb. . . . Coast of Brazil. Plagusia ? . . . . . . Coast of Patagonia. CYCLOPTERIDÆ. Gobiesox marmoratus, Jen. . . Archipelago of Chiloe

F8.17    Book:     Darwin, C. R. ed. 1842. Fish Part 4 no. 4 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Leonard Jenyns. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF

fine dark line on each side extending to the caudal. Habitat, Bahia Blanca, Northern Patagonia. Apparently another new species of this genus, taken by Mr. Darwin at Bahia, and, like the last, well-marked; especially by the short filaments above the eyes, which I am not aware occur in any other known species. [page] 150 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE