21. CYANOCHEN. 139 



g. 2 ad. sk. Alert Bay, W. Coast of Pata- Voyage of H.M.S. 



gonia, Dec. {Dr.Coppinyer). ' Alert.' 



h. 2 pull. sk. Port Henry, Dec. {Dr. Coi)- Voyage of H.M.S. 



pinger). 'Alert.' 



i. $ ad.sk. Neesham Cove, Str. of Magellan, Voyage of H.M.S. 



Feb. {Dr. Coppinger). 'Alert.' 



k. <S ad. sk. Gray Harbour, Messier ' Challenger ' Exped. 



Channel. 



l-o. S ad. et Tom Harbour, Jan. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



pull. sk. 



p. Ad. sk. Falkland Is. (Leconte). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



q, r. Pull. sk. etst. Zool. Soc. 

 s. Skeleton. 



21. CYANOCHEN. 



Type. 

 Cyanochen, HartLJide Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 648 



gen. 10 (1856) C. cyanopterus. 



Cyanauchen, Schleg. 1867 {Jide G. R. Q)\ Sand-list, 



iii. p. 76, 1871). 



Sam/e. Confined to Abyssinia and Shoa. 



1. Cyanocheu cyanopterus. 



Bernida cyanoptera, Riijip. Si/st. Uehers. pp. 129, 137, n. 488, t. 49 



(Shoa) (1845) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B., App. p. 27 (1849) ; Des Miirs 



in Lefehvre, J'oij. Abyss, vi. p. 169, pi. xiv. (1845-50) ; Rehnb. 



Syn. Av. Novit. n. iv. Natatores, t. 99. f. 2.354 (1850) ; Heugl. 



Sijst. Uebers. n. 785 (1856) ; id. J. f. O. 1862, pp. 293, 306 ; id. 



Reterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869, p. 416 ; Heugl. Reise nach Abyss. 



1861-62, pp. 309, 317 (1808) ; Eijt. Syn. Anat. p. 30 (1869) ; 



Blanf. Geol. ^- Zool. Abyss, p. 439 (1870) ; Finsch, Tr. Zool. Soc. 



vii. p. 329 (1870) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 502 ; Salvad. Ayin. Mus. 



Civ. Gen. (2) i. p. 241 (Shoa) (1884); Monti uz. Bull. Soc. Acclim. 



1886, p. 151, tig. p. 1."j2. 

 Cyanochen cyanopterus, Hartl. jide Bp. Compt. Rend, sliii. p. 648, 



n. 26 (18.56) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 76, n. 10.584 (1871) ; 



J£ein. lS- Rchnic. Nom. Mus. Hcin. Orn. p. 342 (Woggera) (1890). 

 Anser cyanopterus, Schlei/. Mus. P.-i)., Auseres, p. 96 (1866) ; Gieb. 



77its. Orti.i. p. 370(1872). 

 Branta cyanoptera, JIeu//l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1292 (1873); 



Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 227 (1891). 

 Anser (Brcnthus) cyanoptera, Rchnw. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 37. 



Adult. Head and neck ashy, somewhat darker on the hind part : 

 back, scapulars, and underparts brown, the feathers, especially on 

 the latter, with pale grey edges, producing a mottled appearance ; 

 rump and xipper tail-coyerts grey, with a bluish tinge ; under tail- 

 coverts whitish ; upper wiug-coyerts lead-blue ; primaries and 

 tertiaries glossy black ; secondaries glossy green, with a . narrow 

 white edge at the tip ; under wing-coverts greyish brown, the 

 median ones whitish : •' bill and feet blackish : irides hazel-brown " 

 {Anti)iori). Total length about 26 inches, wing 13, tail 6, culmeu 

 1-4, tarsus 2-55. 



