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P. Z. S. 1857, P- 128, 1858, p. 289; Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 96 (egg); 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 387; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 157 (Falkland Isl.); 



Scl. Ibis, 1864, p. 122; id. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Straits of 



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



Landb. Av. Chil. p. 40 (1868); Scl. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 629; id. & Salv. 



Ibis, 1870, pp. 499, 500 (Elizabeth Isl.); Bann. Proc. Acad. Philad. 



1870, p. 131 ; Gray, Handl. B. III. p. 77, no. 10586 (1871); Cunningh. 



Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. pp. 98, 130, 153, 184, 266, 297 (1871 : Peckett 



Harbour); Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 128 (1873); Gigl. 



Viagg. Magenta, p. 961 (1876); Garrod, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 198, fig. 



2 (skull); Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 310 (eggs); Doering, Expl. al Rio 



Negro, Zool. Aves, p. 53 (1882: Carhue : Rios Colorado, Negro); 



Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 247 (1888); 



Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XII. p. 138 (1889: Elizabeth Isl.); 



Huds. Idle Days in Patagonia, p. 81 (1893); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 



Mus. XXVII. p. 132 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-list B. I. p. 214 (1899); 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) XX. p. 631 (1900: Porto Cook, Rio 



Pescado, Isola Elizabeth); Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. 



p. 211 (1900: Patagonia: Straits of Magellan : Falkland Islands). 

 Anser (Brenthus] magellanicus, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 37. 

 Bernicla (Chloephagd] magellanica, Outst. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, 



p. 187 (1891). 

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



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult male, P. U. O. C. 7815, near Coy Inlet, Patagonia, 12 

 November 1896, J. B. Hatcher. 



Total length, about 27.0 inches. 



Wing, 17.0. 



Oilmen, 1.5. 



Tail, 5.8. 



Tarsus, 3.5. 



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

 male and the wing is 15.3 long. (Adult female, P. U. O. C. 7816, near 

 Coy Inlet, Patagonia, 12 November 1896, J. B. Hatcher.) 



Color. (Adult male cited.) General color white, with a black and 

 white tail, barred on the back with black, the wings chiefly dark, and the 

 flanks heavily barred with black. 



