43. JIETOPIANA. 333 



id. J. f. 0. 1855, p. 57 ; Pelz. Heis. Novara, Vog. p. 139 (Chili) 

 (1865). 



Metopiana peposaca, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 649, n. 76 (1856) ; 

 Sclat. ^ Salv. P. Z. 6'. 1868, p. 146 (Conchitas) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 666, pi. xxxvii. (Zool. Gard.); G. P. Gr. Hand-list, m, 

 p. 87, n. 10695 (1871) ; Purm. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 368 (Patagonia, 

 Buenos Ayres, Parana) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 467 (carotids), 

 p. 6.39 (muscles) ; Sclat. i^- Salv. NomeiicL A v. Neutrop. p. 130 

 (1873) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1874, p. 319 ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 154- 

 156, f. 6 (trachea) ; Sclat. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 398 ; Burn/. 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 163, 1«77, p. 192 (Buenos Ayres), 1878, p. 65 

 (nest) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 524 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 625 

 (Argentina) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 439 (1883) ; Barroios, 

 Auk, 1884, p. 274 ; Berl. J.f. O. 1887, p. 124 ; Tristr. Cat. CM. 

 B. p. 48 (1889) ; Sclat. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 137 (1889) ; Kerr, Ibis, 

 1890, p. 358 ; H<dland, ibid, p. 427 ; Hartert, Kat. Voyelsainml. 

 p. 231 (1891); Holkmd, Ibis, 1892, pp. 206, 208, 210; Berk. 

 James, New List Chil. B. p. 10, n. l6l (1892) ; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 201 (Uruguay). 



Fuligula peposaca, Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 31 (1866) ; Sclat. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 335, 340. 



Metopias peposdca, Heine 4' Pchnw. Nom, Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 347 

 (1890). 



Hyhricl. 



Fuligula rufina X Metopiana peposaca, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 524 ; 

 Leverk. J.f. O. 1890, p. 225. 



Adult male. Above black, very finely striated with grey on the 

 back and scapulars ; sides of head and upper part of neck with a 

 purple gloss ; breast, like the neck, black ; abdomen and flanks 

 minutely vermiculated with pale grey and greyish brown ; under 

 tail-coverts white ; wings black with a green gloss, edge of the 

 wing and speculum on the secondaries white, the latter with a 

 glossj- black band at the tip ; primaries white with the tips black, 

 the four outer ones brown-black on the outer web, and grey on the 

 outer part of the inner web ; under wing-coverts white, except the 

 marginal ones which are blackish ; axillaries white, vermiculated 

 with grey near the tip ; tail brown-black, the outer feathers 

 greyish : bill rosy red, with the tip and nail black ; feet yellow ; 

 irides golden red. Total length about 12 inches, wing 10, tail 3, 

 culmen 2'5, tarsus 1*6. 



Female. Head, neck, sides of the breast, and flanks rufous-brown ; 

 crown of the head and occiput darker brown ; back, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts dark brown, with an olive gloss ; upper tail-coverts 

 brown ; chin and throat, and also a few feathers on the sides of 

 the head at the base of the upper mandible, white ; lower parts 

 whitish, the base of the feathers brown ; under tail-coverts white ; 

 edge of the shoulder grey ; speculum on the secondaries grey, with a 

 brown band at the tip : primaries brownish grey, with black tips, 

 the first three or four blackish brown on the outer webs ; under 

 wing-coverts, like the axillaries, white, but the marginal ones 

 brownish ; tail brown : " bill bluish brown " (A'eiw Gard.). 



