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Show 1878.] ON T H E BIRDS OF ANTARCTIC AMERICA. 431 4. Reports on the Collections of Birds made during the Voyage of H.M.S.' Challenger/-No. IX. On the Birds of Antarctic America. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and OSBERT SALVIN, M.A., F.R.S. [Received April 10, 1872.] In this report the birds collected at the island of Juan Fernandez, at various points during the subsequent passage along the coast of Patagonia, and at the Falkland Islands are noticed. The ' Challenger' was at Juan Fernandez from the evening of the 13th to the evening of the 15th of November, 1875, and reached the coast of Patagonia on the 31st December, at Port Otway, east of Cape Tres Montes. On the 1st of January, 1876, a party landed on Penguin Island in Messier's Channel; and the same evening the ship arrived in Cove Bay. On the 2nd January parties were landed on Middle Island, on the 3rd at Gray Harbour, on the 4th at Grappler Harbour, on the 5th and 6th at Tom Bay, near the Trinidad Passage ; and small collections were made at each place. On the 8th of January the ship arrived at Porto Bueno, and remained there till the 10th. The same evening a party was landed at Isthmus Bay, and a few birds were obtained. From the 11th to the 13th the 'Challenger' remained at Port Churrucha, and proceeded thence to Port Famine. From the 14th to the 17th she was at anchor off Sandy Point, whence she proceeded through the straits, and anchored about 10 A.M. on the 18th off Elizabeth Island. Leaving the Magellan's Straits, the 'Challenger' arrived at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, on the 23rd of January, 1876, and remained altogether about two weeks at the Falklands. During this entire period 169 specimens of birds were collected, which are referable to 41 species. The ornithology of this part of the world is well known to us from the researches of Darwin, Cunningham, Philippi and Landbeck, and other naturalists l. It was not to be expected, therefore, that any novelties would be found during such a cursory passage along the coast. 1. TURDUS FALKLANDICUS, Q. et G.; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 2. «l9,io!'Tle?' 1 Juan Fernandez. 622-62o, females, J " Eyes brown, bill and legs yellow, feet a little darker yellow." 647, male I G Harbour, Messier's Channel. 648, female, J J "Eyes brown; stomachs had berries." 685, male 1 Porfc C h u r r u c h a. 686, female, J " Eyes brown ; stomachs had berries." 1 See my address on Geographical Zoology in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1875, p. 105, and my list of papers on the Birds of Chili, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 108. |