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PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS I ZOOLOGY. 



Rhynchops melanura, Swains. Classif. B. II. p. 373 (1837); Scl. & Salv. 

 Ibis, 1869, p. 284 (Ancud, Chiloe, May) ; Saunders, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 

 522 (Coquimbo Bay, Nov.); James, New List Chil. B. p. 12 (1892); 

 Saunders, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 156 (1896: Straits of Ma- 

 gellan and Coast of Chile) ; Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 138 (1899) ; 

 Gates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 201 (1901). 



FIG. 1 1 6. 



Rhynchops melanura. Adult male. About % natural size. From material in American 

 Museum. 



FIG. 117. 



Rhynchops melanura. Profile of head. From material in the American Museum. ^ natural size. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 

 Size. Adult male (breeding). 

 Wing, 16-17 inches. 

 Tail, 5.5 to 6 inches. 



Total length, about 20 inches. 



