404 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



Phwnicopterus ruber (part), Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXV. p. 517 

 (1817: La Plata). 



Phcenicoptere du Chili, Vieill, torn. cit. p. 520. 



Phcenicopterus ignipalliatus, D'Orb. & Isid Geoffr. St. Hil. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 XVII. p. 454 (1829 : Buenos Aires : Corrientes) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, 

 p. 22 (1847) ; Bibra, Denkschr. K. Ak. Wien, V. p. 131 (1853: N. 

 Chili) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 90 (1854 : Chili) ; Burm. 

 La Plata Reis. II. p. 512 (1861 : Mendoza: Parana : Rosario : Buenos 

 Aires) ; Pelz. Reise Novara, Vog. p. 136 (1865 : Chili) ; Scl. P. Z. 

 S. 1867, p. 334 (Chili); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 145 (Con- 

 chitas) ; iid. Ibis, 1868, p. 139 (Gregory Bay) ; Philippi & Sandb. 

 Cat. Av. Chil. p. 279 (1868) ; Gray, Handl. B. III. p. 72, no. 10547 

 (1871) ; Cunn. Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. p. 210 (1871 : Gregory Bay); 

 Burm. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 364 (Mendoza) ; Huds. t. c. p. 549 (Rio 

 Negro) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 107 (1873) ; Durnf. 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 41 (Chupat Valley), 1878, p. 400 (Lake Colgaupe & 

 Sengel River, common) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 156 (Cape San 

 Antonio) ; Doering, Exped. al Rio Negro, Zool. Aves, p. 52 (1881- 

 82: Carhu : Laguna de Manaco) ; Barrows, Auk, I. p. 272 (1884: 

 Paun, March, April) ; Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. part 

 X. p. 247 (1888: Patagonia); Philippi, Ornis, IV. p. 160(1888: 

 Antofagasta) ; Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. II. p. 117 (1889); Scl. 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 8 1 (Aquintocubital) ; Holland, t. c. p. 425 (Buenos 

 Aires) ; Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. part XI. p. 319 

 (1890: Chupat River); Oust. Miss. Scient. Cap Horn, Ois. p. 308 

 (1891) ; Frenz. J. f. O. 1891, p. 124 (Cordoba) ; James, New List 

 Chil. B. p. g. (1892) ; Holland!, Ibis, 1892, p. 206 (Estancia Espar- 

 tilla, May to August); Alpin, Ibis, 1894, p. 199 (Uruguay). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult female. (7863 P. U. O. C. Possade la Reina (50 miles 

 north of Punta Arenas), Patagonia, 15 January 1898, A. E. Colburn.) 

 Total length, about 42.0 inches. 



Wing, 15.9. 



Culmen, 5.2. 



Tail, 5.0. 



Tarsus, 9.4. 



