PALAMEDEID/E. 



333. PHCENICOPTEEUS ANDINUS, Philippi. 

 (ANDEAN FLAMINGO.) 



Phcenicopterus andinus, Philippi, Reise d. d. Wmte Alacama, p. 164, tt. iv., v. ; 

 Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 127 j Scl. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 399 ; Burm. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 364 (Cordilleras of N.-West). 



Description. Hind toe absent. Plumage rosy white ; lower neck and breast 

 carmine; wings scarlet, with the tips of the quills black; bill at the base 

 yellowish stained with red ; apical half black ; feet yellow : whole length 35-0 

 inches, wing 16'0, tarsus 9'0. Female similar, but smaller. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia and Northern Chili. 



The Andean Flamingo, which is at once distinguishable from P. igni- 

 palliatus by the complete absence of the hind toe, is stated by Dr. Bur- 

 meister, on the authority of Heir Schickendantz, to be found on the 

 north-western frontiers of the Argentine Republic, on the lagunes of 

 the eastern valleys between the Cordilleras and the adjacent mountains. 



Order X. ANSEBES. 



Fam. XXXIX. PALAMEDEID/E, OR SCREAMEES. 



This singular Neotropical form is even more isolated than the 

 Flamingo and more difficult to place satisfactorily in a linear series. 

 It seems, however, that it is best arranged near the Anatidse, as first 

 suggested by Mr. Parker*, and that it may with least inconvenience 

 be constituted an aberrant family of the Order Anseres. 



Besides the typical form Palamedea (with one species found in Ama- 

 zonia and the interior of Brazil) the present family contains only one other 

 genus Chauna in which the head carries a feather-crest instead of the 

 long horny wattle of Palamedea. One species of Chauna is met with in 

 Argentina, the only other known species (C. derbiana) being confined 

 to Colombia and Venezuela. 



334. CHAUNA CHAVARIA (Linn.). 

 (CRESTED SCREAMER.) 



Palamedea chavaria, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 500 (Parana^). Chauna, 

 chavaria, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 128; iid. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 145 (Bueuos 

 Ayres) ; Durnfurd, Ibis, 1878, p. 63 (Buenos Ayres) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 165 (Buenos Ayres) ; Harrows, Auk, 1834, p. 272 (Entrerios). 



* Cf. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 511. 



