AVES ANATID>E. 447 



Sammelr. Vog. p. 25 (1900 : Straits of Magellan : Falkland Islands) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gcnov. (2), XX. p. 631 (1900 : Gregory Bay, April : 



Punta Arenas, May, June : Rio Pescado, May). 

 Tadorna cristafa, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII, p. 77 (1824). 

 Anas specularioides, King, Zool. Journ. IV. p. 98 (1828: Straits of Magel- 

 lan) ; Gibson, Proc. Phys. Soc. Edinb. IV. p. 186 (1878). 

 Milouin des Malouines, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 632 (1831) ; Puchcr. Rev. 



et Mag. Zool. 1850, p. 636. 

 Anas pyrrhogastra, Weycn, Nova Acta XVI. Suppl. p. 119, tab. XXV 



(1833: Marpu, Chili); Haiti. Naum. 1853, p. 222 (Valdivia). 

 DaJUa pyrog a ster, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 113 (1838); Fraser, P. Z. S. 



1844, p. 157 (Chili). 

 Anas lophyra, Forst. Icon. ined. pi. 78; id. Descr. Anim. p. 340 (1844: 



Straits of Magellan). 



Da/Ua Pyrr/wgasfra, Reichenb. Syn. Av. Natatores, pi. 88 fig. 923 (1845). 

 Da/Ua cristata, Bonap. C. R. XLIII. p. 650 (1856). 

 Poccilonetta cristate, Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat Mus. XII. p. 138 (1889: 



Elizabeth Isl.). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Total length, about 23.75 inches. 



Wing, ii.8. 



Culmen, 1.9. 



Tail, 6.0. 



Tarsus, 1.8. 



Color. General coloring brown in varying shades ; deepest on top of 

 head and back ; fulvescent and mottled on lower parts. 



Head : A hood of smoky brown covers the top of the head and occiput, 

 the posterior feathers of which are prolonged into a pendant crest, the 

 longest feathers of which attain a length of two inches ; this hood reaches 

 down on either side to the eye and a little below ; it terminates on the 

 forehead just in front of the eyes ; the sides of the face and head are dull 

 isabelline, minutely spotted with brown of the same shade as the hood. 



Neck : Dull isabelline ; immaculate and lighter on the chin, throat and 

 lower neck ; flecked and spotted on the sides and above with smoky 

 brown in tiny markings like those of the sides of the head and face. 



Back : Foreback and mantle brown of a smoky shade, each feather hav- 



