420 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



Chloephaga antartica, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 100 (1854) ; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 527,529 (Falkland Isl.) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 



1869, p. 284 (Port Otway), 1870, p. 499 (Goods Bay) ; Cunn. Nat. 



Hist. Str. Magell. pp. 377, 305, 319 (1871) ; Gigl. Viagg. Magenta, 



pp. 927, 938,942, 944, 947 (1876) ; Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XII. 



p. 138 (1889). 



Bernicla hybrida, Phil. & Landb. Arch. f. Nat. 1863, p. 199 note. 

 Anser (Brenthus] antarcticus, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 36. 

 Tcznidiesthes antarctica, Hein. & Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 342 



(1890). 

 Bernicla (Chloephaga] antarctica, Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Ois, p. 195 



(1891). 



Branta antarctica, Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 227 (1891). 

 Chloephaga hybrida, Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXVII. p. 130 (1895) ; 



Schalow, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. IV. p. 677 (1898: Falkland Isl.); 



Sharpe, Hand-list B. I. p. 213 (1899) > P- Martens, Hamb. Magalh. 



Sammelr. Vog. p. 24 (1900: Patagonia: Falkland Islands) ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) XX, p. 630 (1900: Penguin Rookery, Feb.). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult male. Total length, about 24.0 inches. 



Wing, 15.0. 



Culmen, 1.5. 



Tail, 5.0. 



Tarsus, 2.8. 



The adult female is about an inch less than the adult male in total 

 length, and the wing is smaller in proportion. 



Color. Adult male. Entirely white. 



Bill: Black. 



Iris : Brown. 



Legs and feet : Yellow. 



The adult female is brownish black. 



Head: Black. 



Forehead with fine white bands ; crown to the nape brown ; sides of 

 head and face black, with narrow white barring. 



Neck : Nape and back of neck brown like the crown. Sides and under 

 neck black, with narrow white barring or bands. 



