TROGLODYTIDÆ. 2. Troglodytes magellanicus.
FRINGILLIDÆ. 3. Chrysomitris barbata. *4. Phrygilus gayi. *5. " aldunatii. 6. " fruticeti. *7. " xanthogrammus. 8. Zonotrichia pileata.
ICTERIDÆ. 9. Sturnella militaris. 10. Curæus aterrimus.
TYRANNIDÆ. 12. Tænioptera pyrope. 13. Myiotheretes rufiventris. 14. Muscisaxicola mentalis. 15. Centrites niger. 16. Anæretes parulus. 17. Elainea griseogularis.
DENDROCOLAPTIDÆ. 18. Upucerthia dumetoria. *19. Cinclodes patagonicus. *20. " fuscus. *21. Oxyurus spinicauda.
PTEROPTOCHIDÆ. *22. Scytalopus magellanicus.
PICIDÆ. *23. Campephilus magellanicus. 24. Picus lignarius.
VULTURIDÆ. 28. Cathartes aura. 29. Sarcorhamphus gryphus.
FALCONIDÆ. 30. Circus macropterus. 31. Buteo erythronotus. 32. Geranoaëtus melanolencus. 33. Accipiter chilensis. 34. Cerchneis sparverius. 35. Milvago albogularis. 36. Polyborus tharus.
STRIGIDÆ. 37. Asio accipitrinus. 38. Bubo magellanicus. 39. Pholeoptynx cunicularia. 40. Glaucidium nana. 41. Syrnium rufipes.
{ 40}In the above list the species marked * extend to Tierra del Fuego. It is a remarkable fact that so many of the species belong to genera which are wholly Neotropical, and that the specially South American families of Icteridæ, Tyrannidæ, Dendrocolaptidæ, Pteroptochidæ, Trochilidæ, and Conuridæ, should supply more than one-third of the species; while the purely South American genus _Phrygilus_, should be represented by four species, three of which abound in Tierra del Fuego.
_Plate XVI. A Scene in the Andes of Chili, with characteristic Animals._--The fauna of South Temperate America being most fully developed in Chili, we place the scene of our illustration in that country. In the foreground we have a pair of the beautiful little chinchillas (_Chinchilla lanigera_), belonging to a family of animals peculiar to the sub-region. There are only two species of this group, both confined to the higher Andes, at about 8000 feet elevation. Coming round a projecting ridge of the mountain, are a herd of vicunas (_Auchenia vicugna_), one of that peculiar form of the camel tribe found in South America and confined to its temperate and alpine regions. The upper bird is a plant-cutter (_Phytotoma rara_), of sober plumage but allied to the beautiful chatterers, though forming a separate family. Below, standing on a rock, is a plover-like bird, the _Thinocorus orbignianus_, which is considered to belong to a separate family, though allied to the plovers and sheath-bills. Its habits are, however, more those of the quails or partridges, living inland in dry and desert places, and feeding on plants, roots, and insects. Above is a condor, the most characteristic bird of the high Andes.