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Tierra del Fuego and back ; from Punta Arenas through 

 the Smith Channel, the Chonos Archipelago, the channel 

 to the east of Chiloe, to Concepcion, and back to Buenos 

 Ay res. 



The observations were all made during March and April 

 1911. 



Phoenicopterns chilensis. 



In a large shallow lake which I passed in the railway, 

 travelling from Buenos Ayres to Mendoza, not far from 

 Rufino, I saw thousands of Flamingos standing in the 

 water. This was in the beginning of March. 



On my way home two months later, passing this same 

 lake again, it was almost dry and nearly all the birds had 

 left it. 



During the second half of April I saw five specimens in 

 one of the Jente Grande lagoons in the north-west part of 

 Tierra del Fuego. These birds were very wild. I was 

 informed that they come there during the winter only. 



Cygnus melanocoryyhus. 



1 saw no specimens of this species in Chile proper nor on 

 the Pampas as I travelled from Buenos Ayres to Santiago. 



I only met with them in Tierra del Fuego on a large 

 lagoon which I passed between Porvenir and Jente Grande. 

 A very large number of these birds was assembled there, 

 several hundreds, and they were so tame that I could ride 

 to the margin of the lake without their taking wing. It 

 was a beautiful sight. 



These Swans, I was informed by Mr. Hobbs of Jente 

 Grande, breed on the Jente Grande estate, but seldom 

 succeed in bringing up other than small broods. 



Coscoroba coscoroba. 



I met with the Coscoroba Swan only twice. The first 

 time (it was in the beginning of March) I saw half-a-dozen 

 swimming in a shallow pool close to the railway-bank not 

 very far from Rufino, as I travelled by rail from Buenos 

 Ayres to Mendoza. The second time I met with these birds 



