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2 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS : ZOOLOGY. 



Tonjou, Lacepede, Mem. Inst. iii. p. 519, gen. 128 (1801) 



(= Rhea, Lath.). 



Tuj^ls, Rafinesque, Analyse, p. 70 (1815). 

 Pterocnemia, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 2, subgen. 2460 



(1871) R. darwini. 



Pterocnemys, Sclat. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 



154 (1873) ( = Pterocnemia, Gr.). 



Geographical Range. Confined to South America. 



RHEA AMERICANA (Linnaeus). 



Nhandu-gnacu brasiliensibus, Marcgr. Hist. Nat. Bras. p. 190 (1648). 



Struthio camelus americanus, Ray Syn. Av. p. 36 (1713). 



Struthio americanus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 155 (1758). 



Rhea, Briss. Orn. V. p. 8 (1760). 



Struthio rhea, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 266 ( 1 766) ; Molino, Sagg. St. Nat. 

 Chil. p. 232 (1782 : pt). 



Touyou, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. I. p. 452 (1770). 



Rhea americana, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. p. 665 (1790); Drap. Diet. Class 

 d'Hist. Nat. XIV. p. 449 (1828); Darw. P. Z. S. 1837, P- 3 6 (south 

 of Rio Negro); Gould, Voy. "Beagle," Birds, p. 120 (1841: La 

 Plata); Darwin, t. c. p. 121 note; Gray, Gen. B. III. p. 527 (1844); 

 Burm. J. f. O. 1860, p. 260 (Mendoza) ; id. La Plata Reis II. p. 

 500 (1861); Scl. Trans. Zool. Soc. IV. p. 355, pi. LXVIII (1862); 

 Booking, Archiv fur Naturg. XXIX. p. 213 (1863); Cunningh. Ibis, 

 1868, p. 126 (Patagonia) ; Sternb. J. f. O. 1869, p. 275 (Buenos 

 Ayres) ; Holtz, op. cit. 1870, p. 24 (egg); Gray, Handl. B. III. p. i, 

 no. 9842 (1871); Cunningh. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 105-110, pis. VI, 

 VI A (osteology); Huds. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 535 (Patagonia); Sper- 

 ling, Ibis, 1872, p. 78; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 154 

 (1873); Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 470, 644 (anatomy); Harting, 

 Ostriches and Ostr. Farm. pp. 55-84 cum tab. (1877); Beerbohm, 

 Wanderings in Patagonia, p. 52 (1879); id. Ibis, 1879, p. 386; 

 Schmidt, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 315 (duration of life) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 167 (Cape San Antonio, Buenos Ayres); Durnf. t. c. p. 414 

 (Buenos Ayres); Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 784 (anatomy); Doer- 



