The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 3 of 5] : $b BirdsGould, John
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The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 3 of 5] : $b Birds
Gould, John
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Birds; Zoology
Adult: Greyish olive, very slightly mixed with rufous, a line from the
nostrils reaching behind the eyes and cheeks, yellow; the space
between the bill and eye, and the entire throat, deep black; the
secondaries blackish, broadly margined with grey and olive; the
primaries blackish, slightly margined with yellow; the tail greyish
black, with the outer feathers white; beneath the body yellowish
white, darker on the flanks.
Female: Upper surface brownish white, with each feather blackish brown
in the middle, the head and throat paler; the wing-coverts and
secondaries blackish, margined with brownish white; the primaries
blackish, slightly margined with yellow; the tail blackish
white-margined, with the outer feathers nearly wholly white; beneath
the body yellowish white, streaked with brown on the breast and
flanks: and the space from the nostrils reaching to behind the eyes
and cheeks, yellowish.
Habitat, East Falkland Island (_March_), and Tierra del Fuego
(_February_).
[Illustration:
_Birds. Pl. 33._
_Chlorospiza Xanthogramma._
]
[Illustration:
_Birds. Pl. 34._
_Tanagra Darwinii._
]
This species is common at the Falkland Islands, and it often occurs
mingled in the same flock with the last one. I suspect, however, it more
commonly frequents higher parts of the hills. These species have a very
close general resemblance; but the marks about the head, which are white
in the _C. melanodera_, are yellow in the _C. xanthogramma_, while the
parts of the tail-feathers which are white in the latter, are yellow in
the _C. melanodera_: this difference of colours does not hold in the
females, but they may be at once distinguished by the greater length of
wing, when folded, of the _C. xanthogramma_.
CHRYSOMITRIS MAGELLANICA. _Bonap._
Fringilla Magellanica, _Vieill._ Ency. Meth. 983; Ois. Chant. de la Zône
Torride, pl. 30; Audubon, Birds of Am. pl. 394, f. 2.
Gafarron, _Azara_, No. 134.
Fringilla icterica, _Licht._ Cat. p. 26.
This bird was very abundant in large flocks during May, at Maldonado; I
found it also at the Rio Negro.
SUB-FAMILY.—TANAGRINÆ.
PITYLUS SUPERCILIARIS.
Tanagra superciliaris, _Spix._ Av. Sp. Nov. 2. t. lvii. fig. 1. p. 44.
My specimen was procured from Santa Fé, in Lat. 31° S.
1. AGLAIA STRIATA. _D’Orb. & Lafr._
PLATE XXXIV.
♂ Tanagra striata, _Gmel._ Syst. 1. 899; Ency. Meth. 776; _Licht._ Cat.
p. 31. Sp. 347; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 121, pl. 34 of this work.
L’Onglet, _Buff._ iv. p. 256.
Le Lindobleu, dore et noir, _Azara_, No. 94.
♀ Tanagra Darwinii, _Bonap._; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 121.
I saw the only specimen, which I procured, feeding on the fruit of an
opuntia at Maldonado.
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