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and extends to the eyes ; nape with a long pendent crest ; chin and 

 throat whitish immaculate; back and scapulars brown, the feathers 

 of the back with pale edges, the scapulars darker towards the tip; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform olive-brown ; 

 breast and abdomen pale rufescent, the feathers of the breast with 

 a brown spot in the centre ; the abdomen with obsolete darker bars ; 

 longer under tail-coverts black ; wings olive brown-grej, speculum 

 on the secondaries coppery red with a green gloss, and bounded 

 posteriorly by a velvety black band, broader on the inner feathers, 

 and by a second white band at the tip of the secondaries : primaries 

 olive-brown ; under wing-coverts olive brown-grey, the greater 

 ones grey ; axillaries white ; tail brown-black, with a purple gloss : 

 "iris blood-red" or orange (Btrlcelei/ James) ; "legs dark grey, upper 

 mandible horn colour, lower one flesh-colour" (Coppinger). Total 

 length about 24 inches, wing 11-5, tail 6, culmen ISd, tarsus 1-75. 



Female. Similar to the male, but somewhat smaller, and the 

 crest shorter. 



This species is not a yery typical member of the genus Anas. 



Hah. Southern America, from S. Peru (and Bolivia ?) to Magellan 

 Straits, and also the Falklands. 



a. Ad. sk. 



/a d ad. St. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



(', c? ad. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 



.'/, ^-cJ $ad. sk. 



i-o. (S 2 ad. sk. 



J7-S. d 2 ad. sk. 



t. Ad. sk. 



u. c? ad. sk. 



V. Ad. St. 

 If. 2 ad. sk. 



.(•. 2 ad. sk. 

 y. J ad. sk. 



z. 2 ad. sk. 

 a'. Ad. St. 

 b'. Ad. sk. 

 c. 2 ad. sk. 

 d'. Ad. sk. 

 e',f. Ad. sk. 

 !/'. (J ad. sk. 



Salinas, Peru, 14,000 ft., July. 



Salinas, Peru, 14,000 ft.. Julv 

 (H. Whitehi). 



Tinta, Peru, June [H. W.\ 



Prov. Santiago, Chili {Ley- 

 bold). 



Prov. of Tarapaca. 



Lake Huasco, Tarapaca, Jan. 

 Sacaya, Jan., Feb. 

 Sitana, Jan. 

 Central Chili. 

 Straits of Magellan. 



Straits of Magellan. 



Cockle Cove, Straits of Magel- 

 lan, Feb. 



Port Kosario, March. 



North Bav, Heiiuit Is., Sept. 

 {It. McC). 



North Harbour, Hermit Is. 



Falkland Is. 



Falkland Is. 



Falkland Is. 



Falkland Is. {Leconte). 



Falkland Is. 



Berkeley Sound, E. Falklands, 

 Mav. 



E^■ton Coll. 



11. Whitelv, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. Berkelev James, 



E.^q. [P.].' 

 H. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.].' 

 H. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 H. Berkelev James, 



Esq. [P.:.- 



11. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 The Admiralty [P.]. 

 Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 



Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 

 McCoruiick Bequest. 



Antarctic Exp. [C.]. 

 The Admiralty [P.J. 

 Eytou Coll. 

 Antarctic Exp. [C.]. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Antarctic Exp. [C.]. 



