S t r e p s i l a s i n t e r p r e s . III.
Tringa Moiinellus, L .
I obtained specimens from Iquique, on the coast of Peru, and from the
Galapagos Archipelago.
C e e x l a t e r a l i s .
Crex lateralis, Licht., Cat. p.
Licht.
■ Griff. An. King. Aves.
Maldonado, Rio Plata. On being disturbed readily takes wing,
the bill, especially of the lower mandible, bright green.
Base of
1 . Z a p o r n ia n o t a t a . Gould.
P l a t e X L V III.
Z. corpore toto supra nigrescenti-fusco, plumâ singulá medio albo-guttatâ et olivaceo-
fusco lath marginatâ ; remigibus fuscis, mento albo, corpore infra fuscescenti-nigro,
gutture pectoreque albo-striatis ; abdomine tegminibusque caudæ inferioribus albo
irregulariter transversh strigato; rostro obscure corneo; pedibus olivaceo-viridibus.
Long. tot. 5-| unc. ; aloe,3\-, e a u doe ,\^ ; ta r s î,^ ; ro s tr i,\.
The whole of the upper surface blackish brown, each feather spotted with white
down the centre, and largely margined with olive brown ; quills plain brown ;
chin white; the remainder of the under surface brownish black, striated with
white on the throat and chest, and crossed by irregular bars of the same on
the abdomen and under tail coverts ; bill dark horn colour ; feet olive green.
Habitat, Rio Plata. (Shot on board the Beagle.)
2 . Z a p o r n i a s p i l o n o t a . Gould.
P l a t e X LIX.
Z. capite corporeque infra, nigrescenti-griseis ; corpore supra obscure rubrofusco,
uropygio obscurè grisescenti-nigro ; alis hypochondriis postice, tegminibusque caudæ
inferioribus albo parciter sparsis; rostro nigrofusco; pedibus rubescentibus; iridibus
carminéis.
Long. tot. 5 \ unc. ; aloe, 2 | ; caudæ, 1 ; tard, | ; rostri, | .
Head and all the under surface blackish grey ; all the upper surface dark reddish
brown, fading off on the rump into deep greyish black ; the wings, hinder
part of the flanks, and under tail coverts slightly sprinkled with white; bill,
blackish brown ; feet, reddish ; iris, bright scarlet.
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago.