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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

, especially about the head. 2. CAMARHYNCHUS CRASSIROSTRIS. Gould. PLATE XLI. C. (Mas jun. et Fœm.) corpore superiore intensè brunneo, singulis plumis cinerascenti- [page] 104 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

adopted, until the matter shall have been more fully investigated. P [page] 106 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

beaks, however, were generally muddy to the base: in the stomach of one I found only ants. Their flight is undulatory like that of the English woodpecker, and their loud cry is likewise similar, but Q [page] 114 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

vinous, glossed on the sides of the neck with metallic bronze, and fading into greyish on the vent and under tail-coverts; bill black; feet reddish-orange. [page] 116 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

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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

perdicarius, Kittlitz, Vögel von Chili. This species closely resembles, in its general appearance and habits, the * In Hearne's Travels in North America, (p. 383), it is stated that the Northern Indians shoot the varying hare, which will not bear to be approached in a straight line, in an analogous manner, by walking round it in a spire. The middle of the day is the best time, when the shadow of the hunter is not very long. [page] 120 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

a light brown in place of grey; each feather being conspicuously tipped with white. The bill is considerably smaller, and especially less broad at its base; the culmen is less than half as wide, and becomes slightly broader towards the apex, whereas in the R. Americana it becomes slightly narrower; the extremity, however, of both the upper and the lower mandible, is more tumid in the latter, than in the R. Darwinii. [page] 124 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

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

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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

in one direction. When part of the flock settled on the water, the surface was blackened; and a cackling noise proceeded from them, as of human beings talking in the distance. At this time, the water was in parts coloured by clouds of small crustacea. The inhabitants of Chiloe told me that this petrel was very irregular T [page] 138 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

, Esq., during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. NYCTELIA PLICATA. Nyct. ovata, nigra, nitida; capite anteriore crebr punctato, posteriore fer l vi; thorace transverso, elytris angustiore; angulis posticis productis, obtusis, supr ad medium paul convexo, et crebr punctato; elytris latis, subovatis, convexis, sulcis profundis transversalibus, a margine externo fer ad suturam ductis, plag suturali profund indentat Long. corp. ( ) 13 lin.; lat. 7 ; vel, long. 11 lin., lat. 6 lin. Long. corp. ( ) 12 2/3 lin

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F1657 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1841. On the distribution of erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. [Read 5 May] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London Part 2, 3: 425-430. Text Image PDF

states, on the authority of Capt. King,2 that large fragments of primary rocks occur on the surface of the great plain which terminates at Cape Gregory, in the Strait of Magellan. 1 Coarse, rounded stones, larger than gravel, up to 20-25cm in diameter. 2 Philip Parker King (1793-1856), naval officer who commanded the first voyage of Adventure and Beagle. Author of Narrative 1. [page] 42

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F1657 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1841. On the distribution of erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. [Read 5 May] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London Part 2, 3: 425-430. Text Image PDF

Magellan; and in Beagle Channel, which separates Navarin Island from Tierra del Fuego, it occasionally alternates regularly with layers of shingle. This extensive deposit resembles, Mr. Darwin states, the Till of Scotland, and the boulder formation of Northern Europe and the [page] 42

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F1657 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1841. On the distribution of erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. [Read 5 May] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London Part 2, 3: 425-430. Text Image PDF

glaciers of Tierra del Fuego, and on the transport of the boulders. He did not disembark on any glacier, but in the Beagle and Magdalen channels he passed within 2 miles of several. The mountains were covered with snow, and the glaciers formed many short arms, terminating at the beach in low perpendicular cliffs of ice. Their surface, to a considerable height on the mountains, was perfectly clean and of a bright azure colour; and the former condition he ascribes to their shortness, to their not

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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

an unusually short time; in the case of the young cuckoo, as is well known, the young bird itself throws out its foster-brothers. Mr. C. Fox, however, (Silliman's American Journal, vol. xxix. p. 292), relates an instance of three young sparrows having been found alive with a Molothrus. [page] 110 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

to which it belongs. At Valparaiso, in the year 1834, I saw several of these birds in the middle of August, and I was informed they had only lately arrived from the parched deserts of the north. Towards the middle of September * Humboldt, Pers. Narr. vol. v. part 1. p. 352. Cook's Third Voyage, vol. ii. and Beechey's Voyage. [page] 112 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

irregular flight, and plaintive cry uttered at the moment of rising, recall the idea of a snipe. Occasionally they soar like partridges when on the wing in a flock. The sportsmen of the Beagle unanimously called it the short-billed snipe. To this genus, or rather to that of the sandpiper, it approaches, as Mr. Gould informs me, in the shape of its wing, the length of the scapulars, the form of the tail, which closely resembles that of Tringa hypoleucos, and in the general colour of the plumage

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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

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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

. OREOPHILUS TOTANIROSTRIS, Jard. Selb. Oreophilus totanirostris, Jard. Selb. Illustr. of Orn. iii. pl. 151. My specimens were obtained at Maldonado and at Valparaiso. At the former, it was common, feeding on the open grassy plains in small flocks, mingled with the icteri and the thrush-like Xolmis variegata. When these birds [page] 126 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

specimen was caught in the Bay of St. Mathias (lat. 43° S.) by a line and bent pin, baited with a small piece of pork; the same means by which the Pintado (Dapt. Capensis) is so easily caught. It is a tame, sociable, and silent bird; and often settles on the water: when thus resting it might from a distance be mistaken, owing to the general colour of its plumage, for a gull. One or two often approached close to the stern of the Beagle, and mingled with the Pintados, the constant attendants on

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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

employed, their forms resembled the symbol, by which many artists represent marine birds. The tail is much used in steering their irregular course. These birds are common far inland, along the course of the Rio Parana; and * The naturalists in Lutke's voyage, vol. iii. p. 255, seem to consider a gull, which they obtained at Concepcion, as the Larus Franklinii of North America. [page] 144 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

another mark of affinity between the two genera. ‡ There are scales on the cheeks in Lichia, according to Cuvier and Valenciennes, but I see no appearance of them in this genus. [page] 68 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

, with the curvature inwards. In each jaw a single row of very fine, minute, closely set teeth; two small patches on the anterior extremity of the vomer, a band on each palatine, and one on the tongue, all closely shorn velutine. Suborbital, on each side of the extremity of the snout, marked with several nearly parallel dark-coloured veins. Preopercle with the angle very much rounded; the limb broad, [page] 70 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

opercle. A second specimen.—Differs in no respect from the above, excepting in having one ray less in the second dorsal and anal fins. Habitat, King George's Sound, New Holland. I entertain not the least doubt of this species being the C. Georgianus of [page] 72 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

° 12' S., Long. 36° 33' W., a hundred and twenty miles from the nearest land above water, though shoals were considerably nearer. They do not measure more than one inch eight lines in length; and from their small size, and their not being in a very L [page] 74 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

coral reefs at the Keeling Islands. Cuvier and Valenciennes observe that it has a wide range through the Indian and [page] 76 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

detailed one of the above [page] 78 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

/9; A. 1/19; c.— D. 6—1/10; A. 1/19; c.— LONG. unc. 2. lin. 6. [page] 80 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

; but as there is but one specimen, in a very bad state of preservation, and the species inhabiting the Indian Ocean are very numerous, as well as extremely similar to each other, I refrain from describing and naming it as certainly new. I shall therefore merely point out some of its leading characters, so far as they can be ascertained; in the hope that they may prove of use in leading others to identify it who may visit the above Islands hereafter. M [page] 82 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

Cambridge Philosophical Society. [page] 84 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

cinereous grey, which almost every where prevails: there are faint traces of the angulated fasciæ beneath the chin, as well as of three dark stains beneath the dorsal, but these last no longer deserve the name of ocellated spots. Fins, cheeks, and gill-covers, [page] 86 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

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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

and four ventral rays, which so peculiarly characterize the one above noticed. As I feel some doubts with respect to this species being new or not, I have thought it advisable to have it figured, more especially as there is no figure, either of the S. vomerinus or S. textilis, to both which it is so nearly allied. N [page] 90 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

of value; but it offers several differences which I shall proceed to point out. In the first place the number of anal spines is much greater, a character of considerable importance in this family, in which they hardly ever amount to more than two, whilst in some instances all the rays of this fin appear to be articulated. Secondly, in addition to the bands of vomerine and palatine [page] 92 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

others measure in length from one inch and three quarters, to not quite three inches. The two largest are from the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. The other two have lost their labels: I only presume therefore that they are from the same locality. [page] 94 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

died, and their bodies not being buried till they smelt offensively, these birds congregated in numbers on the roof of the house. This instance appears quite conclusive, as it was certain, from the construction of the buildings, that they must have gained the intelligence by the sense of smell alone, and not by that of sight. It would appear from the various facts recorded, that carrion-feeding hawks possess both senses, in a very high degree. [page] 6 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

Carranchas kill wounded animals; but Mr. Bynoe (the surgeon of the Beagle) saw one seize in the air a live partridge, which, however, escaped, and was for some time chased on the ground. I believe this circumstance is very unusual: at all events there is no doubt that the chief part of their sustenance is derived from carrion. A person will discover their necrophagous habits by walking out on one of the desolate plains, and there lying down to sleep: when he awakes, he will see on each surrounding

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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

tiennent le milieu entre les uns et les autres. I have myself more than once observed a single very pale-coloured bird, in C 2 [page] 12 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

various causes; and probably not few, as they are so numerous. From this description I entertain very little doubt that Cook referred to the Cathartes aura and Milvago leucurus, both of which birds inhabit these latitudes, as we shall hereafter show. [page] 16 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

gregarious; they do not soar, and their flight is heavy and clumsy. On the ground they run with extreme quickness, putting out one leg before the other, and stretching forward their bodies, very much like pheasants. The sealers, who have sometimes, when pressed by hunger, eaten them, say that the flesh when cooked is quite white, like that of a fowl, and very good to eat—a fact which I, as well as some others of a party from the Beagle, who, owing to a gale of wind, were left on shore in

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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

shades of the upper surface are pitchy, instead of having an obscure metallic gloss, and the feathers of the shoulders are terminated with brown, so as to form a collar, which is not represented in the figure of D 2 [page] 20 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

. The account given by Say of their habits, agrees with what [page] 32 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

getting to the end. The bird chooses any low bank of firm sandy soil by the side of a road or stream. At the settlement of Bahia Blanca the walls are built of hardened mud; and I noticed one, enclosing a courtyard, where I lodged, which was penetrated by round holes in a score of places. On asking the owner the cause of this, he bitterly complained of the little Casarita, several K [page] 66 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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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

anxious to hide itself. It does not run, but hops, and can hardly be compelled to take flight. The various loud cries which it utters, when concealed in the bushes, are as strange as its appearance. I opened the extremely muscular gizzards of several of these birds, and found them filled with beetles, vegetable fibres, and. pebbles. Observing the structure of the gizzard, the [page] 72 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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Valdivia and Chiloe; like the P. Tarnii and P. rubecula it is confined to the regions of forest. Its habits are closely similar to those of the last species. I opened the gizzard of one at Valdivia, and found it full of large seeds and the remnants of insects. In L [page] 74 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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an unusually short time; in the case of the young cuckoo, as is well known, the young bird itself throws out its foster-brothers. Mr. C. Fox, however, (Silliman's American Journal, vol. xxix. p. 292), relates an instance of three young sparrows having been found alive with a Molothrus. [page] 110 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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to which it belongs. At Valparaiso, in the year 1834, I saw several of these birds in the middle of August, and I was informed they had only lately arrived from the parched deserts of the north. Towards the middle of September * Humboldt, Pers. Narr. vol. v. part 1. p. 352. Cook's Third Voyage, vol. ii. and Beechey's Voyage. [page] 112 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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irregular flight, and plaintive cry uttered at the moment of rising, recall the idea of a snipe. Occasionally they soar like partridges when on the wing in a flock. The sportsmen of the Beagle unanimously called it the short-billed snipe. To this genus, or rather to that of the sandpiper, it approaches, as Mr. Gould informs me, in the shape of its wing, the length of the scapulars, the form of the tail, which closely resembles that of Tringa hypoleucos, and in the general colour of the plumage

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. OREOPHILUS TOTANIROSTRIS, Jard. Selb. Oreophilus totanirostris, Jard. Selb. Illustr. of Orn. iii. pl. 151. My specimens were obtained at Maldonado and at Valparaiso. At the former, it was common, feeding on the open grassy plains in small flocks, mingled with the icteri and the thrush-like Xolmis variegata. When these birds [page] 126 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE

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specimen was caught in the Bay of St. Mathias (lat. 43° S.) by a line and bent pin, baited with a small piece of pork; the same means by which the Pintado (Dapt. Capensis) is so easily caught. It is a tame, sociable, and silent bird; and often settles on the water: when thus resting it might from a distance be mistaken, owing to the general colour of its plumage, for a gull. One or two often approached close to the stern of the Beagle, and mingled with the Pintados, the constant attendants on