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Geographical Range. Southern Chili and Argentina, including the 

 whole of Patagonia. It is known to breed here and is probably resident 

 throughout the year. It breeds on Chiloe Island and is rare or casual in 

 the Falkland Islands. 



"Iris black; bill black; tarsi and toes black in front, orange behind; 

 webs black. 



"This beautiful goose was not uncommon at the western extremity of 

 the Straits of Magellan and in Smythe's Channel. It was not easy to 

 approach." (M. J. Nicoll, Orn. Jour. Voy. round World, Ibis, Jan. 1904, 

 p. 49.) 



643, male ) ,, , 



/: r if Gray Harbour. 



644, female J 



"Eyes brown, feet and legs yellow and black; stomachs had grass and 

 berries." 



658, female ' 



659, female , 



- o V Tom Harbour. 



6580, young 



658^, young 



/ 



"Eyes brown, bill black, feet yellow and black." (Sclater & Salvin, 

 on Birds Antarctic America, Voy. H. M. S. 'Chall.' No. ix. p. 436, 1878.) 



"Female: Needham Cove, Trinidad Channel, February 28, 1879. Iris 

 dark brown ; bill horn-colour ; legs black in front, orange at back. 



"Male: Alert Bay, December 3, 1879. Bill black; eyes dark brown; 

 legs orange, black down the front. 



" Female pull.: Fort Henry, December 3, 1879. Eyes brown : legs dark 

 grey; bill horn-colour." (Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 13) 



"The first examples of this Goose were received in 1833. It bred fre- 

 quently in the Gardens from 1852 to 1869, when we unfortunately lost 

 most of our stock. We have quite lately succeeded in obtaining some 

 newly imported birds, and hope now to begin breeding them again." 



Dates of Hatching of Ashy-headed Geese. (In the Zoological 



Gardens, London.) 



1852. June 9th. 1860. May 27th. 



1854. May 24th. 1865. " 25th. 



1857. " 2 3 r d- 1867. " 23rd. 



