486 Mr. F. E, Blaauw : Field-notes on some 



into the Lake Todos los Santos in southern Chile. There 

 Avas an open space on the banks of the stream near some 

 h unboo-bushes, and there were si\ birds of this species, 

 which let me come very near, so that I coukl easily identify 

 tliem. 



Later on, on ray way hoine, I spent a day at Concepcion 

 in southern Chile, and there, in a kind of model garden, I 

 found in a small enclosed piece of water two splendid males 

 of this species. The legs and feet of these birds were of a 

 beautiful orange-yellow ^, the iris was black-brown, the bill 

 was blue-grey with an elongated black spot on the top near 

 the forehead, the nail was also black. 



The wing-speculum of these birds was beautiful beyond 

 description. 



The native name is " Pato de los Cordilleras," which, of 

 course, means Duck of the Mountains. 



Anas cristata. 



The Crested Duck with its wonderful wing-speculum 

 was only seen by me on Tierra del Fuego, where it was 

 quite common. 



The first time I met with it was in the Bay of Porveuir. 

 The birds wei'e going about in pairs, and the males seemed 

 to be a little larger than the females, and to show a little 

 more white in the wing when flying. 



The Bay of Porvenir is a sanctuary, and the birds not 

 being molested are quite tame. 



I met with these Ducks in several inland lakes and along 

 the coast of north-western Tierra del Fuego. Tliey Avere 

 especially numerous on the sea-shore, near the place where 

 the blood and other refuse of the sheep, which are converted 

 into tallow in the so-called " Grasserie " of Philips Bay 

 belonging to the Explotadores Company, runs into the sea. 

 They, as well as thousands of Gulls, Skuas, Oyster-catchers, 

 etc., were feeding on this refuse. 



* I cannot tell the colour of the webs of tlie feet as they had been cut 

 away and were wanting, but from what remained I should say they 

 would be dusky. 



