Transact. for 1836.
[2] Annales des Sciences Naturelles, March, 1833. M. Gay, a
zealous and able naturalist, was then occupied in studying
every branch of natural history throughout the kingdom of
Chile.
[3] Burchess's Travels, vol. ii. p. 45.
[4] It is a remarkable fact, that Molina, though describing
in detail all the birds and animals of Chile, never once
mentions this genus, the species of which are so common, and
so remarkable in their habits. Was he at a loss how to
classify them, and did he consequently think that silence
was the more prudent course? It is one more instance of the
frequency of omissions by authors, on those very subjects
where it might have been least expected.
CHAPTER XIII
CHILOE AND CHONOS ISLANDS
Chiloe - General Aspect - Boat Excursion - Native
Indians - Castro - Tame Fox - Ascend San Pedro - Chonos
Archipelago - Peninsula of Tres Montes - Granitic
Range - Boat-wrecked Sailors - Low's Harbour - Wild
Potato - Formation of Peat - Myopotamus, Otter and Mice -
Cheucau and Barking-bird - Opetiorhynchus - Singular
Character of Ornithology - Petrels.
NOVEMBER 10th. - The Beagle sailed from Valparaiso
to the south, for the purpose of surveying the southern
part of Chile, the island of Chiloe, and the broken
land called the Chonos Archipelago, as far south as the
Peninsula of Tres Montes. On the 21st we anchored in the
bay of S. Carlos, the capital of Chiloe.
This island is about ninety miles long, with a breadth of
rather less than thirty.
![The Voyage Of The Beagle By Charles Darwin
- The note of
this species, like that of nearly the whole family, is
extremely shrill.
[1] Caldeleugh, in Philosoph. Transact - Page 420](../images/travel.jpg)
