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Geographical Range: Patagonia. 



"Several pairs were observed on Tambo Point in December and the 

 bird occasionally occurs at the mouth of the Chupat. It was nesting in 

 the former place, but I failed to discover the eggs." (Durnford, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 403.) 



The bird here referred to is the species under discussion, though Durn- 

 ford referred to it under the head of Hcematopus palliatus. 



HCEMATOPUS ATER (LeSSOn). 



Hcematopus niger, Quoy & Gaim. (nee Pall.), Voy. Uranie, Zool. I. p. 129, 

 pi. 24 (1824: Falkland Is.); Schl. Mus. Pays Bas ; IV. Cursores, p. 

 76 part (1865: Straits of Magellan : Falkland Is.). 



Ostralega atra, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 548 (1831 : Falkland Islands). 



Hcematopus ater, Vieill. et Oud. Gal. Ois. II. p. 88, pi. 230 (1834) ; Cass. 

 & Lawr. B. N. Amer. p. 700 (1858: Coast of Chili); Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1860, p. 386 (Falkland Is.) ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 155 (Falkland 

 Islands, resident, breeds in Nov.); Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 331, 339 

 (Chili); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 499 (Port Laguna, Nov.); Cun- 

 ningh. Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. p. 123 (1871) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotr. p. 143 (1873: Chili, Patagonia, and Falkland Is.); 

 Durnf. Ibis, 1878, p. 403 (Tambo Point); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 438 (Elizabeth Isl.) ; iid. Voy. Chall. II. Birds, p. 109 

 (1881); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 15 (Port Henry); Salvin, P. Z. S. 

 1883, p. 429 (San Lorenzo Isl.); Vincig. Exped. Austr. Arg. p. 58 

 (1883: Isola degli Stati) ; id. Patag. p. 59; id. Boll. Soc. Geogr. 

 Ital. (2) IX. p. 798 (1884); Tacz. Orn. Perou, III, p. 351 (1886); 

 Macfarl. Ibis, 1887, p. 205 (San Lorenzo Isl., very common); Burm. 

 An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. part X. p. 246 (1888: Falkland 

 Is.); Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. II. p. 176 (1889: Tambo Point, 

 Patagonia); Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XII. p. 136 (1889): 

 Elizabeth Isl.); Oust. Miss. Scient. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, pp. 119,330 

 (1891); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIV, p. 121 (1896); id. Hand- 

 list B. I. p. 147 (1899); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) XX. p. 624 

 (1900; Penguin Rookery, Feb.: Rio Pescado, May); Martens, 

 Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 14 (1900: Falkland Islands); 

 Crawshay, B. Tierra del Fuego, p. 125 (1907): Admiralty Sound, 

 January, 19, 1905. 



