40 



p. 33 ; Schmidt, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 317 ; Sclat. ibid. pp. 508, 535 ; 



Sharpe, I\ Z. S. 1881, p. 14 (Hugh Bay); Forbes, P. Z. S. 



1882, p. 352; Pchmv. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 39; id. Vog. 



Zvol. Gdrt.Tp. 70 (1882) ; A. Milne-Edic. Faun. Reg. Austr. ch. ix. 



p. 40 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8tli ed. p. 424, n. 970 (1883) ; 



Barrows, Auk, 1884, p. 273 (Entrerios) ; Berl. J. f. O. 1887, 



p. 133 (Sta. Catharina, Parana, and B. Avres) ; Burm. Anal. Mus. 



Nac. Buen. ^!>e*,iii. p. 247 (1888) ; Sclat. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 124, 



pi. xviii. (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 51 (1889); Kerr, Ibis, 1890, 



p. 358; Brans, Ibis, 1891, p. 71 (incubation) ; Frenzel,J.f. O. 1891, 



p. 125 (Cordova) ; Oust. Miss. Sc. Cap IIorn,iy. Ois. p. 185 (1891) ; 



Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 226 (1891) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, 



p. 206 (Argentina) ; Berk. James, Neiv List Chil. B. p. 9, n. 147 



(1892) ; Apilin, Ibis, 1894, p. 200 (Uruguay). 

 Anas uielanocoryphus, " MoL," Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. ix. p. 528 



(1837) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 718 (1838). 

 Sthenelus melancoryphus, Stem. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 185 



(1882). 

 Stlienelides melancoiyplia, Stejn. Kingsl. Stand. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 143 



(1886). 



AchiU male. Pure white, except the head and the upper two- 

 thirds of the neck, which are black, with a velvet gloss ; a narrow 

 white stripe surrounds the eye and extends backward towards the 

 nape ; chin white : " iris almost black ; bill plumbeous, with the 

 base and knob red ; feet pale flesh-colour " (Natterer). Total length 

 about 48 inches, wing 17'5, tail 5-5, culmen 3-4, tarsus 3-5. 



Female. Similar to the male, only smaller. 



Toung. No frontal knob ; head and neck brown, lighter than in 

 the adtilt ; the white feathers have rusty edges, more conspicuous 

 on the upper parts ; tips of the primaries and shafts of the quills 

 chocolate-brown. {Stejneger.) 



Young in cloiun. "White, the upper parts with a faint greyish 

 tinge. {Stejneger.) 



Hah. Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentine Eepublic, 

 Chili, Patagonia, and Falkland Islands. 



a, b. Ad. st. 



c. Pull. St. 



d, e. (S ad. sk. 



f. c? imm. sk. 



ff. Ad. St. 

 h. Ad. St. 



i. Ad. sk. 

 k. Skeleton. 

 /. SJjeleton. 

 7n. Skeleton. 

 n. Sternum. 



Chili. 

 Chili. 

 Rio Pilmaiquen, Chili, 



Feb. 

 Hugh Bay, W. coast of 



Patagonia, Dec. {Cop- 



pinger). 

 Str. of Magellan. 

 Str. of Magellan. 



Falkland Is. (Leconte). 



Chili. 

 Chili. 

 Patagonia, 

 pinger). 



Oct. (Co»- 



Zool. Soc. 



Purchased. 



H. Berkeley James, Esqi 



[P.]. 

 Toy. H.M.S. ' AlQrt: 



The Admiralty [P.]. 



Sir W. Burnett & Capt. 



Fitzroy [P.]. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Zool. Soc. 



T. C. fridges, Esq. [CI. 

 Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



