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PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



throat and breast bright scarlet as also the bend of the wing ; feet and bill 

 horn color, the upper mandible blackish. 



Female, P. U. O. C. 7575, Rio Gallegos, Patagonia, May 29, 1896, 

 much browner above and below, throat buffy white and scarlet area con- 

 fined to the middle of the breast. 



Fig. 408. Trutnalis militaris, cf 7574. About one half natural size. 



Winter birds of both sexes are much browner than breeding specimens, 

 the buff portions of the feathers being lost by abrasion. 



Geographical Range. — Chili and Patagonia (Rio Negro to Straits of 

 Magellan) and Falkland Islands. 



Mr. Peters found it a common resident in western Rio Negro, usually 

 in grassy situations. The bright scarlet breast of the male is easily dis- 

 tinguished at two hundred yards. (Bull. M. C. Z. Ixv. No. 9, p. 337.) 



Specimens were obtained by the Princeton expedition at Mt. Observation, 

 February 21, and Rio Gallegos, May 29, all frosted with light tips to the 



