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 BIKDS. 539 the shores of the Strait ; the latter appears to answer the descrip- tion of M. Bougainville. See Lesson, Manuel d'Ornithologie, ii. 30. 49. Charadrius pluvialis. — Var, Not to be distinguished from the golden plover. 50. Charadrius rubecola. — Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 96. Char, capite summo, dorso, alts, caudaque supra grisescenti-fuscis, thorace nuchaque pallide griseis ; pectore rufo, collari subpectorali nigra ; fronte, striga superciliari, abdomine, crisso, rectricibusque lateralibus albis. The length of the body is 8| inches ; of the bill | ; of the wing, from the carpal joint to the end of the first quill feather, 5| ; of the tail 3; of the tarsi \\. Mountains of the Strait of Magalhaens 2,000 feet above the level of the sea. 51. Vanellus cayanensis.— Ency. Meth. 1073. pi. 57, fig. 2. Maldonado, River Plate. 52. PODICEPS. — Sp. Very much resembling P. minor. 53. PODICEPS. — Sp. 54. PoDiCEPs Leucopterus. — Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 101. Pod. capite coUoque superioribus nigris, guld griseo-albidd, collo in- feriore rufo; dorso fusco-atro ; abdomine strigdque laid alarum albis. The length of the body is 20 inches ; of the bill 3 ; of the wing, from the carpal joint to the apex of the second quill feather, 7^ ; of the tarsi 2. 55. Aptenodytes Magellanica. — E. Meth. 56. Aptenodytes chrysocome. ? — A young bird. 57. Phalacrocorax nigbr. — Nob. in Zool. Journal, iv. 101. Phal. intense niger, circulo angusto ab oculis descendente, mandibu- lasque circumcingente, paucisque gcnarum capitisque plumis albis. The length of the bird is 31 inches ; of the bill 3| ; of the wing, from the carpal joint to the extremity of the third quill fea-