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breast, belly, abdomen, under tail coverts, and secondaries white ; 
secondary coverts longer than the primary quills; tail long, with the 
feathers rather stiff; bill dusky green ; legs and toes orange ; thighs 
- and a small triangular mark behind the eye white. 
Micropterus Patachonicus, King... Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, 
. bee a 
In the Museum ‘of the Zoological Society, brought by Capt. James 
from Pricket’s Harbour. 
MICROPTERUS BRACHYPTERUS. 
Mic.—Cinereus, subtus albus; macula ferruginea gutture. 
SHORT-WINGED MICROPTERUS. 
Grey micropterus, with the belly white; a ferruginous patch on 
the throat. 
IN. IN. IN. 
Length... 27 Ball vinkestes 2 Tarsi = 
Grey, with the head and neck lighter ; a ferruginous tinge on the 
throat ; belly and wing-spot white; legs and bill orange; nail black. 
Anas Dr AChYptera ..ccecser scorers Lath. Syn. 6. 489. ; 
Voyage autour du monde Frey, 
p. 39. 
Oiseaux grises,ou ois. de plein.. Per net Voy. II. ch, xix. p. 21. 
_ The specimen from which the above description was taken was in 
the Museum of the Zoological Society, and was obtained from the 
Straits of Magellan; they also inhabit the Falkland and Staaten 
Islands. We have considerble doubts as to the propriety of making 
this and the preceding distinct species. Both are destitute of the 
powers of flight, merely using their wings to flapper over the surface. 
of the sea. They are also bad divers, obtaining their living almost 
entirely by breaking shell-fish along the water-mark: hence, the 
head is so strong that Mr. Darwin informs us he had great difficulty 
_ in breaking one with his zoological hammer. 
MELANITTA AMERICANA. 
Mel. Mas.—Sequenti similis, sed tuberculé ad basin rostri 
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