40. TACHYERES. 



375 



yellow, webs mixed with black; irides brown " (Gir/Jioli). Total 

 length about 30 inches, wing 11, tailo-5, culmen 2-5, tarsus 2'4. 



Female. Similar to the male, but somewhat smaller. 



Yoiuifj in down. Head, neck, breast, upper parts, sides, and 

 flanks dusky grey; abdomen and under tail-coverts white; two 

 white spots on the sides of the head, one behind the eye on the 

 temporal region, and another lower down behind the ear-coverts 

 {Mks. Turin). 



I have not been able to satisfy myself that there are more than 

 one species of Steamer Ducks. 



Bab. Falklauds, ilagellau Straits, and Chili as far north as 

 Valdivia *. 



«. Ad. st. 



b. c? ad. sk. 



c. 2 j^^- sk. 



d. e. ? $ ad. et 

 pull. sk. 



/. J pull. sk. 



y. $ ad. sk. 



h. 2 ad. sk. 



i. Juv. sk. 



k. cS ad. sk. 



I. Ad. St. 



m. Ad. sk. 



n. Ad. sk. 



o. <S juv. sk. 



p, q. Ad. st. et sk. 



r. $ ad. sk. 



s. Skeleton. 



t. Skeleton. 

 u. Skeleton. 



V. Skeleton. 

 w. Skeleton. 

 .V. Skull. 

 y. Sternum. 



Straits of Magellan. 



Straits of Magellan, Jan. 



Messier Chauuel. 



Tom Harbour, Messier Chan- 

 nel, Jan. 



Tom Bay, W. coast of Pata- 

 gonia. 



Port Churucha, Str. of Magel- 

 lan, Jan. 



Puerto Bueno, Str. of Magel- 

 lan, Jan. 



Elizabeth Island, Str. of Ma- 

 geUan, Jan. 



Walney Sound, Str. of Magel- 

 lan, Feb. 



E. Falkland Island. 



Falkland Islands [Eyton Coll.]. 

 Falkland Islands. 

 Falkland Islands. 

 S. Salvador Bay, Falkland I., 



Aug. (Antarctic E.ij}.). 

 Uranie Bav, Falkland I., Nov. 



{E. Mc'C). 

 Falkland Islando. 



Sti-. of Magellan. 

 W. of Cape Froward ( TV. D. 

 Wodsivorth). 



Cockle Cove. 

 Str. of Magellan. 



The Admiralty [P.]. 

 ' Challenger " Exp. 

 ' Challenger ' Exp. 

 ' Challenger ' Exp. 



Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 



' Challenger ' Exp. 



Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 



Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 



Dr. Coppinger [C]. 



J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 ' Challenger ' Exp. 

 The Admiralty [P.]. 



McCormick Bequest. 



E. A. Holmstead, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. Coppinger [C. '. 

 Voy. of H.M.'S. 



'Sylvia.' 

 Zool. Soc. 



Dr. Coppinger [C."l. 

 Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 



* According to G. E. Cos (Anales de la Universidad de Chile, 18fi3, Viage 

 a la Patagonia septentrional), the Andean Lakes Nahuelhuapi, Toclos Los 

 Santos, and others are covered with flying Micropteri. 



