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Chloephaga melanoptera. 



Ou the way between Los Sauces and Puren in southern 

 Chile ■'^ I met with a flock of some dozen or more of the 

 Andean Goose. 



I was riding through a plain, or plateau, at the foot of tlie 

 Maritime Andes, when two pairs of large birds came flying 

 over my head to alight in a swampy meadow, through which 

 ran a small stream. 



The birds when flying look stouter and shorter than the 

 Magellanic Geese, on account of their shorter necks. 



. The two pairs of birds on alighting were greeted by a 

 number of others of the same species, and I could notice 

 the way they have of puffing themselves up when taking 

 notice of each other, just as I had seen my tame birds of 

 this species do at Gooilust. 



In the same meadow were some Black-faced Ibises and 

 also some Cayenne Lapwings. 



The birds were not wild, and quietly grazed towards me. 



In the Museum of Santiago de Chile there are several 

 specimens of the Andean Goose obtained in that district in 

 the Cordilleras. 



The females resemble the males, but are smaller and a 

 little more faintly marked. 



An immature specimen resembles the adults, but the black 

 markings are more brownish and not so clearly defined. 



A chick in down, marked '' 26 Febr. Cordilleras de 

 Santiago," was white, with a black line from the base of 

 the bill over the head, the neck, and the back, including the 

 tail ; a black crossband over the wings, and, posteriorlv, 

 a black patch on each side over the thighs ; a black spot 

 over each ear. 



The native name is '' Pinquen.'* 



Anas specularis. 



I once met with the White-faced Duck in a wild state and 

 saw two in confinement. 



The wild l)irds I saw on the banks of a stream which flows 



* About 38° South Latitude. 

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