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In te r io r S o u n d s on th e w e st coast o f P a ta g o n ia .
B lolina d e sc rib e s a C h ilia n d u c k , anas coscoroba, th u s : A , rostro
cxtremo dilatato rotundato; corpore albo ; b u t I do n o t th in k i t c an
b e th e same as mine, or h e w o u ld h a v e n o tic e d its r e d fe e t a n d
b ill. I t c e rta in ly is n o t A . Candidas, o f V ie llo t ; th e ganso bianco
o f D ’A z a ra , w h ic h th e a u th o r o f th e a rtic le in th e D ie t. d ’H is t.
N a t. xxiii. su p p o se s to b e th e one a n d th e same w ith A . coscoroba.
M o lin a g iv e s b u t a sh o rt d e sc rip tio n o f th a t b ird .
73 . A n s e r in o b n a t u s .— N ob. in P ro c e e d in g s o f Zool. S o c ie ty .
M a s . A n s . albus : dorso inferiori, cauda, fa s c iis nuchai dorsique
supcriorisfemorumque tectricum., pteromatibus, remigibusque a tris
rostro n igro, pedibus flavescentibus. Poem. Capite colloque canis
dorso superiori corporeqtie inferiori albis, nigro c o n fe rtim fa sc ia tis
dorso imo remigibus, rectricibusque n ig ris ; p tilis speculoque albis
ta rsis subelongatis.
S tr a it o f M ag a lh a e n s.
74. M ic r o p t e r u s b r a c h y p t e r u s .— Q u o y a n d G a im a rd . Zool.
d e I’U ra n ie , p i. 39.
Oidemia patachonica.— N ob. Zool. J o u rn a l, iv . 100.
A n a s braehyptera.— L a th am .
R ac eh o rse.— Cook— B y ro n .
Mici'opt. su p ra plumbeo-grisescens, abdomine albescente speculo
alarum albo ; rostro luteo ; ungue nigro.
75. M ic r o p t e r u s P a t a c h o n ic u s .— N ob. in P ro c e e d in g s o f Z ool.
Soc.
M ic ro p t. su p ra plumbeo grisescens ; guia scapularibusque r t fe s -
centibus ; abdomine speculoque alarum albis ; rostro virescenti-
Sm a lle r th a n M . brachypterus.
T h is b ird h a v in g a sm a lle r b o d y th a n th e first, is e n ab led to
fly ; w h ic h w ith th e s c a p u la rs a n d th e fe a th e rs o f th e th ro a t b e in g
o f a re d d e r h u e th a n th o s e o f M . Bra ch yp teru s, a u th o riz e s its b e in g
co n sid e red as specifically new.
76. A n a s n ig b i c o l l i s .-— In d . O rn . ii. 834.
Th is b ird h a s a w id e r a n g e on th e S o u th A m e ric a n c o n tin e n t
I t fr e q u e n ts th e R iv e r P la ta , S tr a it o f M ag a lh a en s, a n d seve ra l
p a rts o f th e W e s te rn Coast, as fa r u p as Chiloe.
77. A n a s c h i l o e n s i s .— N o b . in P ro c e e d in g s o f Z ool. S ociety.
A n . fr o n te , genis, abdomine, uropygio, pteromatibusque albis ; capite
posteriori, collo, dorso inferiori, p tilis , remigibusque p r im a riis ,
cauddque fu s c i s ; dorso superiori, p e cto re q u e fu sco et albofa s c ia tis ;
remigibus secundariis et tertiis scapnlarihusque n itid e atris, his
albo lineatis ; abdominis lateribus crissoque rufescentibus ; striga
post oculos, latd s p len d ile p urp u ra sccn ti-virid e .
L e n g th a b o u t 16 in ch e s. Is la n d o f C hilóe.
78. A n a s p r e t e n s i s .— Nob. in P ro c e e d in g s o f Z ool. Soc.
A n . g u ld, genis, collo, pectore, dorsoque anteriori p a llid e badiis ; collo
g ra ciliter u n d ulato; pectore dorsoque anteriori atro m aculato; dorso
abdomineque imis, crisso, cauddque albis nigro fa s c ia tis ; dorsi
fa s c i is latis, abdominis gracillimus, cauda; sublatioribus, crissi
sparsim u ndulatis ; capite supra, remigibus, scapularibusque vires-
centi-atris ; his albo in medio lineatis ; tectricibus plumbeo-canis,
fa s c id a picali albd ; speculo supra v irid i, deinde purpureo, fa s c id
atrd apice albo terminatd.
S ta tu ra A n a tis creccoidis. N ob.
S tr a it o f M ag alhaens.
79 . A n a s R a f f l e s i i .— N o b . in Zool, J o u r . iv. 97.
A n . cdstaneo-rufa, capite abdomineque medio saturatiorbtis ; nolis
dorsi, remigibus, caudd supra, crissoque n ig ris ; p tilis ccerulds,
pteromatibus albis, speculo alarum v irid i.
A fig u re o f th e b ird is g iv e n in th e su p p lem en ta ry p la te s o f th e
Zool. J o u r . S u p p . X X IX .
L e n g th , 20 inches.
S tr a it o f M ag a lh a e n s, a n d W e s te rn coast to Chilóe.
T h is b e a u tifu l b ird b e a rs th e n am e o f th e la te S ir J . S tam fo rd
Raffles, to whose e x ertio n s th e science o f Zoology is u n d e r n o
triflin g o bliga tion.
80. A n a s s p e c u l a r i s .— Nob. in Zool. J o u r . iv. 9 8 .
A n . capite summo, dorso, alis, cauddque n ig r is : subtus p a llid e
griseus, pectore hrunneo undulato : speculo Iato p iirpurascenti-
aureo splendente, fa s c id atra alterdque albd marginato : maculd
utrinque subocttlari, mento, thoraceque albis.
T h e le n g th o f th e b ird is 26 in ch e s ; o f th e b ill 2 | ; o f th e w in g .
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