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out the Strait of Magellan, and on the west coast of South America as 

 far north as Chiloe. The plumage of one of these (//. ater) is wholly 

 black, while that of the other (//. palliatits) is pied with black and white, 

 so as closely to resemble the British H. ostyalegus. We found them both 

 to be very good eating, and they were therefore entered in the game-book 

 which was kept by one of our number as a register of the skill of the 

 sportsmen. Like many other Gralloc, they are possessed of tolerable 

 swimming powers." (Cunn. Nat. Hist. Str. MagelL, 1871, p. 123.) 



Subfamily LOBIVANELLIN.^. 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 122, 1896; Sharpe, Hand-list 

 Bds. I. p. 148, 1899. 



Genus OREOPHILUS Jardin & Selby. 



Type. 



Oreophilits, ]?,xA 8c Selby, 111. Orn. III. pi. 151 (1835); 

 Sharpe Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 123 (1896) 

 Sharpe, Hand-list Bds. I. p. 148 (1899) O. ntficollis. 



Droniicits, Less. Echo du Monde Savant, 1844, col. 616 . O. nificollis. 



Geographical Range. — Peculiar to Southern South America and the 

 Falkland Islands. 



Oreophilus ruficollis (Jardin & Selby). 



Chayaih'ius ruficollis, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 653, ex Licht. Mus. Berol. 



Oreop/iilas lolaiiirosfris, ]2ucd &: Selb. 111. Orn. III. pi. 151 (1835: Andes 

 of Chili); Darwin, Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 125 (1841: Maldonado : 

 Valparaiso); Eraser, P. Z. S. 1843, P- 1^7 (Chili, rare); Des Murs 

 in Gay's Hist. Chil. Zool. I. p. 399 (1847); Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 

 221 (Chili); Huds. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 549 (Rio Negro); Cab. J. f. 

 O. 1878, p. 199 (Sierra de Cordova); Doering, Expl. al Rio Negro, 

 Zool. p. 56 (1882 : Rincon Grande : Rio Colorado) ; Burm. An. Mus. 

 Nac. Buenos Aires, III. part X. pp. 246, 319 (1888: North and 

 Central Patagonia). 



Droniicus lessoiii, Less. Echo du Monde Savant coll. 617. (1844.) 



