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

538 CATALOGUE — BIRDS. -rior length. The general appearance of the plumage also is similar, although it possesses sufficiently distinctive characters to authorize this species being separated from the other. 42. Rallus Setosus. — Nob. in Zool. Journ. iv. 94. Rail, supra brunneus, dorso alisque nigra notatis, subtas plumbeus ; remigibus primariis rectricibusquefuscis, his saturatiwibus ;frofiie setoso. The length of the bird from the forehead to the extremity of the tail is 10 inches ; of the bill l^f ; of the wing, from the carpal joint to the end of the second quill feather, 4| ; of the tail 3 ; of the tarsus 1|^. 43. Rallus antarcticus. Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 95. Rail, supra brunneus, nigra strigatus ; subtus plumbeus, femorum tectricibus crissaque atris, albo-fasciatis. The length of the body is 7i inches; of the bill 1^; of the wing, from the carpal joint to the end of the second quill feather, 3| ; of the tail,l| ; of the tarsus -Jf 44. FuLicA cHLOROPoiDEs. — Nob. in Zool. Journ. iv. 95. Ful. capite, coll. superiore, caudaque atris ; carfare rcliqua atra- Jusca, crisso alba. The length of the body is 15 inches; of the bill 1^; of the wing, from the carpal joint to the extremity of the second quill feather, 6| ; of the tail 3 ; of the tarsi 2. 45. FuLicA GALLiNULOiDES. — Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 96. Ful. atra-fusca ; dorso saturatiore, capite atra, gula alba-7iotala crisso alba, rostra angusto, infrontem parum extendente. 44. Chionis ALBA.— Forster. Seen at Cape Horn, and at sea, four hundred miles from the nearest land. Captain Foster, of H.M.S. Chanticleer, saw some at South Shetland. 47. HfEMATGPUs PALLiATus. — Temminck. Strait of Magalhaens. 48. HcEMATOPUs LBUCopus. — Gam. Strait of Magalhaens. The above two species of Hcematopus were frequently seen on