AVES ANATID^. 447 



Sammelr. Vog. p. 25 (1900 : Straits of Magellan : Falkland Islands) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2), XX. p. 631 {1900 : Gregory Bay, April : 



Punta Arenas, May, June : Rio Pescado, May). 

 Tadorna cristafa, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII, p. 77 (1824). 

 Anas speculayioides, King, Zool. Journ. IV. p. 98 (1828: Straits of Magel- 

 lan) ; Gibson, Proc. Phys. Soc. Edinb. IV. p. 186 (1878). 

 Milouin des Malouines, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 632 (1831) ; Pucher. Rev. 



et Mag. Zool. 1850, p. 636. 

 Anas pyyyhogastm, Weyen, Nova Acta XVI. Suppl. p. 119, tab. XXV 



(1833: Marpu, Chili); Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 222 (Valdivia). 

 Dafila pyrogaster, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 113 (1838); Fraser, P. Z. S. 



1844, p. 157 (Chili). 

 Anas lophyra, Forst. Icon. ined. pi. 78; id. Descr. Anim. p. 340 (1844: 



Straits of Magellan). 

 Dafila pyrrhogastya, Reichenb. Syn. Av. Natatores, pi. 88 fig. 923 (1845). 

 Dajila cristata, Bonap. C. R. XLIII. p. 650 (1856). 

 Poecilonetta cnstata, Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XII. p. 138 (1889: 



Elizabeth Isl.). 



General description. 



Size. — Total length, about 23.75 inches. 



Wing, 1 1.8. 



Culmen, 1.9. 



Tail, 6.0. 



Tarsus, 1.8. 



Color. — General coloring brown in varying shades ; deepest on top of 

 head and back ; fulvescent and mottled on lower parts. 



Head : A hood of smoky brown covers the top of the head and occiput, 

 the posterior feathers of which are prolonged into a pendant crest, the 

 longest feathers of which attain a length of two inches ; this hood reaches 

 down on either side to the eye and a little below ; it terminates on the 

 forehead just in front of the eyes ; the sides of the face and head are dull 

 isabelline, minutely spotted with brown of the same shade as the hood. 



Neck : Dull isabelline ; immaculate and lighter on the chin, throat and 

 lower neck ; flecked and spotted on the sides and above with smoky 

 brown in tiny markings like those of the sides of the head and face. 



Back : Foreback and mantle brown of a smoky shade, each feather hav- 



