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Show 330 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 28, FALCONINAE. Three true Falcons only appear to occur in Chili, namely Falco peregrinus, Linn., Hypotriorchis femoralis, (Temm.), and Tinnunculus sparverius. Falco nigriceps, figured and described by Cassin in Gilliss's ' Expedition' (ii. p. 176, t. 14), seems to have been intended to comprise the Peregrines of Western America, both North and South; but Chilian specimens are not considered by Mr. Gurney to be separable from the European F. peregrinus. MILVINAE. Elanus leucurus, Vieill., a wide-ranging species in America, occurs in Chili, as recorded hy most writers. Salvin has a specimen received from the vicinity of Santiago. CIRCINAE. Of this group one species only has been hitherto generally recognized as Chilian, namely Circus cinereus (Vieill.), which extends throughout Patagonia into the Falkland Islands, and on the eastern side over La Plata up to Corrientes and the southern parts of Brazil. Philippi (Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 14) records Circus macropterus, Vieill.,- as also of occasional occurrence there ; and more recently Pelzeln (Novara Voyage, pp. 13, 14) mentions two other species as having been obtained in Chili by the naturalists of that expedition, namely C. poliopterus, Tsch., and C. megaspilus, Gould. The former of these is doubtless a good species ; but the latter, as figured by Gray (Genera, pl. 11), is probably a young bird, and is referred by Schlegel (Musee des P.-B., Circi) to the young of C. poliopterus. Order COLILMBiE. The following are the recognized species of this order inhabiting Chili :- (1) Columba araucana, Less.; G. R. Gray, List of Columbse in B.M. p. 33. (2) C. meridionalis, King; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 52. (3) Zenaida auriculata (Gay) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 82. (4) Melopelia meloda (Tschudi). This species, which is stated by Gay* and Bonaparte*f to have been met with in Chili during the voyage of the ' Bonite,' is not included in the zoology of that voyage ; but Herr Landbeck informs me, in a letter, that he has lately obtained an undoubtedly Chilian specimen of it. (5) Metriopelia melanoptera (Gm.) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 75. (6) Columbula strepitans (Spix); Pelzeln, Novara-Reise, Aves, p. 109. * Z. souleyetiania, Gay, F. Ch. Aves, p. 380. t Consp. ii. p. 81. |