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PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



Falkland Islands) ; James, New List Chil. Bds. p. 13 (1892) ; Salvin, 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 422 (1896); Schalow, Zool. Jahrb. 

 Suppl. IV. p. 654 (1898 : Coquimbo, Nov.) ; Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. 

 I. p. 127 (1899); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) XX. p. 628 (1900: 

 Lat. 47° 19' S. : Long. 64° 50' W., Jan.: Port Cook, March); Car- 

 bajal. La Patagonia, Part II. p. 277 (1900) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. 

 Sammelr. Vog. p. 19 (1900); Gates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. 

 p. 158 (1901); Sharpe, Rep. Coll. Nat. Hist. "Southern Cross," 

 Aves, p. 153 (1902) ; Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 52; Vallentin, Mem. Man- 

 chester Soc. 48, No. 23, p. 31 (1904: Falkland Islands). 



Fig. 91. 



Fig. 92. 





Ossifraga gigantea. Profile of head. From material 

 in the British Museum. ^ natural size. 





Ossifraga gigantea. Head from 

 above. From material in the British 

 Museum. V->. natural size. 



General description. 



Size. Adult Male. — Total length, about 34 inches. 



Wing, about 20 inches. 



Spread of extended wings, tip to tip, about 84 inches. 



Tail: Central rectrices, 7 inches; lateral rectrices, 5.8 inches. 



Bill, 4.2 inches. 



Tarsus, 3.6 inches. 



