402 Mr. H. Durnford's Notes on the 



of shield bright blood-red. Legs olivaceous^ with a pale red 

 garter round the thigh. 



■^FULICA LEUCOPYGA. 



Not so common as F. armillata, but found always in the 

 smaller lagoons and pools in the valleys of the Chupat, the 

 Sengel, and the Sengelen. The chick is covered at first with 

 black down, with the exception of the neck and throat. The 

 neck has the down mixed with orange and bright red, whilst 

 the throat has some blood-red down on it. The beak has a 

 bright-red band near tlie tip, surrounding both mandibles. 



^Vanellus cayennensis. 



Resident. Common in the valleys throughout our journey. 



EUDROMIAS MODESTUS. 



Large flocks came to the Chupat valley about the middle 

 of April, but only remained a few days. They arrived with 

 a strong S.E. wind. The flocks were chiefly composed of 

 immature birds ; but there were some adults. 



^GIALITIS FALKLANDICA. 



Resident, and frequently observed on the banks of Lake 

 Colguape, and subsequently up the Sengel. 



I took fresh eggs and also young in down of this species on 

 the 29th September from the shores of a large brackish lagoon 

 near the Chupat valley. The nest is a mere hollow scraped 

 in the sand, and paved with fragments of small shells. The 

 eggs are of a sandy ground-colour, spotted and streaked 

 (chiefly at the larger end) with black. They measure I'-lx 1 

 inch. 



The young of the year, in their first plumage, have the top 

 and side of head, shoulders, and back mottled with dull yel- 

 lowish and brown, the breast and stomach dirty white. They 

 show no signs of the fine rufous markings on the head and 

 neck of the adult, and but very faint traces of the double 

 black breast-band. The adult and young in first plumage 

 have the iris wood-brown ; beak, legs, feet, and claws black. 



■'^Oreophilus ruficollis. 



Partially resident, but most numerous in the spring, when 



