Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.1): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

CATALOGUE BIRDS. 535 The length of the bird from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the tail is 17 inches; of the bill 2^ ; of the wing, from the carpal joint to the fourth quill feather, 8| ; of the tail 7 J ; of the tarsi 1^ of the external hind toe, the nail included, 2. Strait of Magalhaens. 28. Pious melanocephalus. — Nob. in Proceedings of Zool. Soc. Pic. capite corporeque supra nigris, hoc alho maculato ; pcctore abdomineque albis, ilh albo lineato, hoc albo fasciato. Length 6 or 7 inches. — Strait of Magalhaens and Chilo'e. 29. Mellisuga Kingii. — Vigors in Zool. Journal, iii. 432. Oiiiismya sephanoides. — Lesson et Garn. Mcll. supra metallice viridis, infra alba viridi varicgaia, vaiice splendide riibeo, rectricibus acuminatis. This bird was found in the Strait of Magalhaens, so late in the yeai- as the month of May, when it v/as seen flying in a snow- squall. It seemed regardless of the cold, and so long as the fuchsia and veronica were in blossom, so long did this hitherto supposed to be delicate little bird, remain to cull their sweets, or rather to prey upon the insects which buried themselves in the flowers ; for, innocent as it seems, it is insectivorous. The bird was long known to naturalists, but was not described until November 1827, when Mr. Vigors described it, from a specimen transmitted by me to the Museum of the Zoological Society. It was found by MM. Lesson and Garnot, on the coast of Chile, where we also subsequently found it. M. Lesson described it in his useful little Manuel d'Ornitho- logie, ii. p. 80, as above, and has given a detailed account. Had not Mr. Vigors previously described it, I should have had pleasure in referring it to their description, and their excellent plate, in Lesson's Monograph upon the TrochilidaE. 30. Trochilus Feknandbnsis. — Nob. in Proceedings Zool. Soc. Troch. ferrugineo-rufus ; capitis vertice splendenti-coccinco ; rani- gibus fuscis. Length, 5 inches. Island of Juan Fernandez, South Pacific. 31. Trochilus Stokesii. — Nob. in Proceedings of Zool. Soc. Troch. corpore supra viridi-splcndcnte, subtus albo viridi-gidtalo capite supra, gullisque conferiis guloi lazulino-splcndctitibus