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Show 38 ZOOLOGY OF TilE VOYAGE OF TilE BEAGLE. ciatus. Back, dull gray. Interscapulars, with the central p~rt of each feather, black, terminating in a point ; the outer part of the web bemg broadly fringed with a very pale fulvous, the inner with gray. Wings: primaries brown, with fulvous marks, forming three irregula•· transverse bars, which are scarcely visible when the wing is closed. Tail and upper tail-coverts, dull coloured, very obscurely marked with transverse bars of gray and fulvous, of different degrees of darkness. Under suiface.-Throat white, edged with fulvouii on lower side. Breast, belly, and under tail-coverts, fulvous, with numerous very narrow transverse bars of brown. The pale fulvous marks, forming interrupted bars, are more plainly seen on this than on the upper side of the tail. Third primary, very little longer than second, and second than first. First rather longer than fourth. Extremities of wings reaching within an inch and a quarter of end of tail. End of tail more rounded than in last species. Total length Wings Tail . Habitat, La Plata, (September). In. 7 ~ 4 Tarsi 1\Iiddle toe, from tip of claw to joint of foot From tip of beak to rictus In. ~ -h This species is not uncommon on the wooded banks of the Parana, near Santa Fe. If disturbed, it rises from the ground, in the same inactive manner as the European species. I saw one alight on a rope diagonally, but not so completely in a longitudinal position as does the C. Ew·opceus, nor transversely as other birds. Mr. Gould observes, that '' this goatsucker is full a third less than the Caprimulgus Europceus, and is remarkable for the uniformity of its markings, having no distinct white bars, or marks, either on the wings or tail." FAMILY .-HIRUNDINIDJE. 1. PnooNE PURPUREA. Boie. Ilirundo purpurea, Will. My specimens were obtained at Monte Video (November) and Bahia Blanca 39o S. (Septe_mber) how much further southward' this species extends I do no; know· J ardme says, t~at in North America it migrates during summer as far as the Great ~ear Lake, m Lat. 0(}0 N.; it is mentioned by M. Audubon, at New Orleans, 30 N., and by Mr. Swainson, at Pernambuco, in 8t0 S.; we may, there- |
