the turtle fishery) off the sand, in the same manner as they would from the sea. APPENDIX. Anatomical description of _Serpophaga albo-coronata_, _Furnarius cunicularius_, _Uppucerthia dumetoria_, _Opetiorhynchus vulgaris_, _O. antarcticus_, _O. Patagonicus_, _Pteroptochos Tarnii_, _P. albicollis_, _Synallaxis maluroides_, _Phytotoma rara_, _Trochilus gigas_, _Tinochorus rumicivorus_.[31] BY T. C. EYTON, ESQ., F.L.S., &c. SERPOPHAGA ALBO-CORONATA. _Gould._ (Male.) Tongue pointed, furnished with a few short bristles at the sides near the base. Trachea with the same muscles as among the warblers generally. Æsophagus slightly funnel-shaped; proventriculus much expanded at its entrance into the gizzard, which is rounded, not very muscular, inner coat slightly hardened, smooth. Intestine of moderate size, furnished with two rudimentary cæca. Inches Length of œsophagus, including proventriculus 1 of gizzard ⅜ Breadth of ditto ⁵⁄₁₆ Length of intestine from gizzard to cloaca 3¼ from cæca to cloaca 3¼ The skeleton of this bird is precisely that of the smaller and weaker species of Laniadæ. lines Length of sternum 5 Breadth anteriorly 3 posteriorly 4¼ Width of fissures 1 Depth of ditto 1½ Depth of keel 2 Length of pelvis 5½ Width anteriorly 2½ posteriorly 5½ Length from occiput to point of bill 12 Breadth of head 5¾ Length of coracoids 4½ No of cervical vertebræ 11 dorsal ditto 7 sacral ditto 9 caudal ditto 6 —— Total 33 —— No. of false ribs 1 1? true ditto 5 ———— Total 7 ———— FURNARIUS CUNICULARIUS. _G. R. Gray._ (Male.)