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which I brought home with great difficulty, and which proved 

 to be a male. 



From Melinka I went to the south coast of Chiloe, and 

 on this coast, which is rocky, I saw the last of the Antarctic 

 Geese. Farther north, on the eastern coast, the coast of 

 Chiloe is sandy, and no more Geese were seen. 



The south coast of Chiloe, therefore, seems (at least on 

 the eastern side of the island) to be the most northern limit 

 of their distribution. 



In the Museum of Santiago in Chile, and also in the 

 Museum of Padre Borgatello in Punta Arenas, I saw chicks 

 in down of C. antai-ctica. They were coloured as follows: — 

 Light silvery grey, a darkish line over the wings, a dark 

 spot over each thigh; white eyebrow-streaks, and a white 

 underside. 



Chloephaga inornata. 



This Goose is often called the Chilian form of Chloephaga 

 magellanica. This is rather misleading, as this species of 

 Goose is not peculiar to Chile, nor even of very common 

 occurrence in that country, so far as my experience goes. 

 I have been over a good part of Chile, from Santiago south- 

 wards, but I have not seen a single specimen. 



Hudson saw great flocks of it in Patagonia, near the Rio 

 Negro and Rio Colorado, and he mentions that in winter 

 it goes as far north as fifty miles south of Buenos Ayres. 

 I myself saw in Punta Arenas tame specimens that had been 

 captured on the mainland, to the north of that place. 



It inhabits Tierra del Fuego in countless numbers, and 

 the first birds I saw on a sand-flat before reaching Por- 

 venir was a great flock of these Geese. 



Later on, more inland, I saw it everywhere, and it seems 

 to be specially attracted by the fine grass, which is a result 

 of the grazing of the sheep. It is a most ornamental feature 

 of the landscape, and its coloration harmonizes to perfection 

 with its surroundings. 



The settlers found that very little could be done in the 



