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57. Anasmelanocephala^wxXg, Pato rinconero ; 58. Mareca Chi- 

 loensis, vulg. Pato real ; 59. Querqiiedula cceruleata^ vulg. Pato 

 Colorado ; CO. Q. creccoides, \\.\V^. Pato j ergon cJiico ; 61. Q. versi- 

 color, vulg. Pato capuchino ; G2. Bhynchaspis macidatus, vulg. 

 Pato cuchara ; 63. Fuligula metopias, vulg. Pato negro : all lay- 

 in the marshes of the central provinces. They build their nests 

 from September to October, depositing from four to six eggs. 

 The nest is generally filled with down, and composed of rushes. 



64. Microptei^us cinereus, vulg. Qvetru, retires to lay in the 

 islands of the archipelago of Chiloe ; it places its nest in the 

 wildest and most solitary spots, and furnishes it with a great 

 quantity of down ; it lays four or five eggs in December or the 

 last of November. 



65. Cygnus nigricollis, vulg. Cisne, lays from four to six eggs 

 in rather a large nest ; the laying of the eggs takes place between 

 June and August, and the nest is placed among the reeds of the 

 marshes, lakes, and rivers of the republic. 



C6. Graculus BrasUianus, vulg. Teco, {Cuervo in Chiloe), 

 chooses the rocks on the sea-coast, or trees which border certain 

 lakes or pools, to make its nest ; the laying takes place in October 

 and November ; for this they collect in great numbers, and make 

 large nests of marine or aquatic plants, (which at the end of sev- 

 eral days give forth an offensive smell), and deposit therein 

 three or four eggs. 



67. Graculus cristatus, vulg. Lile (in Chiloe), Guamay (in 

 Conception), collects in fiocks to lay its eggs, and for this chooses 

 the inaccessible rocks of the archipelago of Chiloe, upon the sum- 

 mits of which, surrounded by water, they place all their nests, 

 near together, constructed of marine and decaying plants ; they 

 lay from two to four eggs in December. 



68. Graculus Gainsardii, vulg. Sato Lirio, {Lile in Chiloe,) 

 lays in November. They choose for their nests the crevices of 

 rocks which rise perpendicularly from the sea, at the foot of which 

 the weaves dash ; they are made of marine and decaying plants. 

 The eggs are three or four. 



69. Graculus Magellanicus, vulg. Lile, collects in flocks in 

 December, laying from two to four eggs. They choose the per- 

 pendicular rocks of the islands of the archipelago of Chiloe, and 

 in the steepest part they build a nest of marine and decaying 

 plants. 



