AVES SPHENISCIDyE. 



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Spheniscus pcunaiitii, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, vi. Urinat. p. 3 (1867- Falk- 

 land Isl.). 



Aptciwdytcs lougiyostris, Coues, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1872, p. 193 (Falk- 

 land Isl.) ; Sharpe, Erebus & Terror, App. p. 37 (1875) ; Scl. & Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 653 (Falkland Isl.); Scl P. Z. S. 1879, p. 311 

 (eggs); id. & Salv. Voy. Chall. Birds, p. 122 (1880: Falkland Isl.); 

 Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 249 (1888: S. 

 Patagonia); Studer, Forschungsreise S. M. S., Gazelle, III. p. 104 

 (1889); Steinen, Internat. Polarforsch. Deutschen Exped. II. pp. 

 229-237, 273-276, pis. 7, 8 (1890); Oust. Sci. Miss. Cap Horn, p. 

 319 (1891); Moseley, Notes Voy. Chall. p. 152 cum fig. (1892); 

 Hazard, Auk, XI. p. 280, pi. viii. (1894: notes on nesting). 



Apteiiodj'lcs patagoiiica. Profile head and neck. '^ natural size. 



General description. 



Size. — Total length about 36 inches. 



Culmen (gape to tip), 4.7 inches. 



Culmen (from nasal feathers to tip), 2.4 inches. 



Wing (shoulder to tip), 12 inches. 



Tail, 3.2 inches. 



Color. — General color of upper parts dull blackish so thickly mottled 

 with small round blue grey spots as to present a bluish grey appearance ; 

 and below white. 



Head : The top of the head, and cheeks deep black having a distinct 

 dark greenish gloss. A large oval patch of orange-yellow on the sides 

 of the head, back of the ears. 



Neck: Sides of the neck uniform blue grey. Above and continuous 



