This dove is one of the most abundant birds in the Archipelago. It frequents the dry rocky soil of the low country, and often feeds in the same flock with the several species of _Geospiza_. It is exceedingly tame, and may be killed in numbers. Formerly it appears to have been much tamer than at present. Cowley,[21] in 1684, says that the “Turtle doves were so tame that they would often alight upon our hats and arms, so as that we could take them alive: they not fearing man, until such time as some of our company did fire at them, whereby they were rendered more shy.” Dampier[22] (in the same year) also says that a man in a morning’s walk might kill six or seven dozen of these birds. At the present time, although certainly very tame, they do not alight on people’s arms; nor do they suffer themselves to be killed in such numbers. It is surprising that the change has not been greater;—for these islands during the last hundred and fifty years, have been frequented by buccaneers and whalers; and the sailors, wandering through the woods in search of tortoises, take delight in knocking down the little birds. 3. ZENAIDA BOLIVIANA. _G. R. Gray._ Columba Boliviana, _D’Orb. & Lafr._ Mag. de Zool. 1836. Ois. p. 33. pl. 75. My specimen was obtained (end of August) at Valparaiso. 1. COLUMBINA STREPITANS. _Spix._ (Av. pl. 75, f. 1.) I procured specimens at Maldonado (where it was not common), on the banks of the Plata, and at Rio Negro, in Northern Patagonia. 2. COLUMBINA TALPACOTI. _G. R. Gray._ Columba Talpacoti, _Temm._ Pig. p. 22. t. 12. Columbina Cabocolo, _Spix_, Av. pl. 75a. f. 1. Le Pigeon rougeatre, _Azara_, No. 323. My specimens were obtained at Rio de Janeiro. 1. ATTAGIS FALKLANDICA. _G. R. Gray._ Tetrao Falklandicus, _Gmelin_, Syst. 1. 762. La Caille des Isles Malouines, _Buff._ pl. enl. 222. Coturnix Falklandica, _Bonn._ Ency. Meth. Orn. 220. Perdix Falklandica, _Lath._ Ind. Orn. 11, 652. Ortyx Falklandica, _Steph._ Shaw’s Zool. xi. 386. This bird is not uncommon on the mountains in the extreme southern parts of Tierra del Fuego. It frequents, either in pairs or small coveys, the zone of alpine plants above the region of forest. It is not very wild, and lies very close on the bare ground. 2. ATTAGIS GAYII. _Less._ Attagis Gayii, _Less._ Cent. Zool. pl. 47, p. 155.