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Espartilla, common, Feb. to Oct.); James, New List, Chil. B. p. 9 

 (1892); Aplin, Ibis, 1894, P- 2O (Uruguay); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. XXVII. p. 303 (1895); Lane, Ibis, 1897, P- *93 (Sacaya, breed- 

 ing; Sitani) ; Schalow, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. IV. p. 676 (1898: Ovalle, 

 Oct.: La Serena); Sharpe, Hand-list, B. I. p. 221 (1899); Carabajal, 

 La Patagonia, Part II. p. 281 (1900); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) 

 XX. p. 632 (1900: Punta Arenas, May); Martens, Hamb. Magalh. 

 Sammelr. Vog. p. 25 (1900; Patagonia: Falkland Islands). 



Anas (Pterocyaned] cceruleata, Burm. J. f. O. 1860, p. 266 (Mendoza : 

 Parana). 



Pterocyanea cyanoptera, Burm. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 368 (Argent. Rep.); id. 

 An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 247 (1888: Patagonia). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult male, P. U. O. C. 8668; La Plata, Argentina, July, 1898, 

 S. Pozzi, Collector. 



Total length, about 18.25 inches. 



Wing, 7.95. 



Culmen, 2.1. 



Tail, 3.6. 



Tarsus, 1.3. 



The female is a little smaller than the male and wholly unlike in color. 



FIG. 239. FIG. 240. 



Querquedula cyanoptera. Male. P. U. O. Querquedula cyanoptera. Male. P. U. O. 



C. 8668. Profile of head and neck. Re- C. 8668. Crown of head and bill from above, 

 duced. Reduced. 



Color. (Male cited.) General color: Bright cinnamon-chestnut, varied 

 with dusky on the mantle, and with the entire shoulder pastel-blue ; the 

 outer web of two or more of the outer scapulars similar in tone. 



