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th e r , H ; o f th e ta il 7¿ ; o f th e ta r si 2. T h e irid e s a b r ig h t b in e
g re e n ; th e p u p ils b la ck .
T h is b ird is p ro b a b ly D ’A z a r a ’s b la c k Z a ram a g u lló n (N o . 4 3 2 o f
h is B ird s o f P a r a g u a y ) , b u t i t h a s n o t h ith e r to b e en d e sc rib ed .
5 8 . P h a l a c r o c o r a x a t b i o e p s .— N o b . in Zool. J o u rn a l, iv . 102.
P k a l. capite su p ra corporeque superiore a tris, inferiore a lb o ; rostro
pedibusque fla v e sc en tib u s, rectricibus duodecim.
T h e dimensions a re n e a r ly th e same as th o se o f th e la s t b ird ,
e x c e p t th o se o f th e b ill, w h ich is a q u a r te r o f a n in c h lo n g e r.
5 9 . P h a l a c r o c o r a x c i r b i g e r .
P h a l. su p ra fu s c o -g r is e u s , subtus alhidus ; g u ld , cirroque longitudin
a li p e r collum utrinque descendente, a lb is ; rostro pedibusque
ru h r is ; rectricibus quatuordecim.
T h e le n g th o f th e b o d y is 26 in c h e s ; o f th e b ill 3^^^ ; o f th e
w in g , from th e c a rp a l jo in t to th e e x trem ity o f th ir d q u ill fe a th e r,
10 ; o f th e ta il 6 ; o f th e ta r s i 1 | .
6 0 . P h a l a c r o c o r a x im p e r i a l i s .— N ob. in P ro c e ed in g s o f
Zoological S o c ie ty .
P h a l. capite cristato, collo posteriori, corporeque supra intense p u r -
p u r e is ; alis scapularibusque v ir id i a tr is ; remigibus rectricibusque
duodecim fu s c o -a tr is ; corpore siibtus, fa s c ia alarum, maculdque
dorsi medii sericeo-albis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus fla v e sc en tibus.
S ta tu ra .— P h a l. carbonis.
H a b .— In te r io r S o u n d s o f W e s te rn P a tag o n ia .
61. P h a l a c r o c o r a x S a b m i e n t o n u s .
P h a l. capite, collo, dorsoque imo atro-purpureis ; pectore abdcmi-
neque albis ; dorso smperwri, scapularibus, alisque v irid i-a tr is ;
remigibus rectricibusque duodecim atr is ; g u ld, g en is,femorumque
tectricibus superioribus albo-notatis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus f l a vescentibus.
S tr a it o f M ag a lh a e n s.
6 2 . P h a l a c r o c o r a x e r v t h r o p s .— N o b . in P ro c e e d in g s o f
Zoological Society.
P h a l. capite, collo, corporeque su p ra p u rp u reo -a tr is ; pectore abdo-
meneque a lb is ; gen is p a r ie a lbo-notatis; fa c i e nudd r u b r d ;
c a t a l o g u e B I B B S . 5 4 1
remigibus, rectricibus duodecim, rostroque sub-brevi a t r i s : pedibus
flavescentibus.
S ta tu r d p a u lo minor prcecedentibus duobus.
63. L a r u s h ® m a t o b h y n c h u s .— Nob. in Zool. J o u rn . iv . 103.
L a r . corpore plumbeo-griseo, dorso medio alisque n ig r is, his albo
notatis ; rostro p edibusque sanguineis.
T h e le n g th o f th e b ird is 18 in c h e s ; o f th e b ill 2 ; o f th e wing,
from th e c a rp a l jo in t to th e e n d o f th e first q u ill fe a th e r, 1 3 ; o f th e
ta il 6 ; o f th e ta r si 2. Ir id e s g re e n s ilv e ry co lo u r, p u p il d a rk .
64. L a r u s f u s c u s ?
65. L a r u s b i d i b u n d u s ?
66. L e s t r i s c a t a b r h o c t e s t
67. P r o c e l l a h ia g i g a n t e a . A y o u n g b ird .
68. P r o c e l l a r ia c a p e n s i s .
T h is b e au tifu l, b u t w e ll-k n ow n p e tre l, was, o f course, o u r co n s
ta n t c om panion on a ll occasions o f o u r b e in g a t sea, a n d was
p a rtic u la rly n um e ro u s off th e e n tra n c e to th e riv e r P la ta , fe ed in g
p ro b a b ly u p o n th e exuvim th a t d r if t o u t w ith th e c u rre n t. One
b e in g ta k e n w ith th e h o o k , was k ille d , a n d in its e n tra ils several
small fra gm e n ts o f g ra n ite w e re fo u n d m ix e d w ith th e h a lf-d ig e s ted
food. A rem a rk a b le in s ta n c e o f th e n a tu r a l h a b its o f th is b ir d has
la te ly come to m y k n ow le d g e , w h ic h d e se rv e s to b e re c o rd e d .
T h e la te M r. G eo rg e F a irfow l, su rg eo n R .N ., on h is r e tu rn from
N ew S o u th W ales, in th e y e a r 1831, c a u g h t one o f th e se b ird s,
a n d le t i t g o , w ith a rib b o n tie d ro u n d th e b o d y , b y w h ic h i t was
e asily d is tin g u is h e d ; th e b ird wa s th e r e b y o b s erv ed to follow th e
sh ip , from d a y to d ay , fo r th e space o f 5 ,0 0 0 miles.
6 9 . P r o c e l l a r ia B e b a b d i .
70. P r o c e l l a r ia W i l s o n i i .— P r in c e o f M usignano.
Thalassidroma W ilsonnii—Vigors.
71. D io m e d e a e x u l a n s .
72. C y g n u s a n a t o id e s .
Cygn. albus, remigibus p r im a r iis u d apicem n ig r is ; rostro p edibus-
que rubris, illo lato, subdepresso, tubérculo nullo.
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