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reached Gray's Harbour, our last anchorage in the Channel. 

 On arriving there I saw numbers and secured two males. 



14. Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Gm.). 

 Phalacrocorax magellanicus Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 388. 



2 . Churruca Bay, Feb. 4th. 



<J, 2 juv. Port Dixon, Feb. 5th. 



Iris red ; bare skin of face red. 



One of the adults had a white spot on the ear-coverts and 

 on the upper throat, being" in transition from summer to 

 winter plumage. The immature female had the abdomen 

 thickly marked with very dark brown. 



This species is particularly common in the Straits of 

 Magellan. The breeding-season was over when we were there. 

 During the first week in February 1 saw numbers in all the 

 anchorages visited, feeding amongst the seaweed. 



15. Phalacrocorax atriceps (King). 

 Phalacrocorax atriceps Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 390. 

 r£ . Port Dixon. 



g . Molineux Sound. 



Iris green; eve lid blue; face and nasal caruncles yellowish 

 green. 



This fine Cormorant is the most abundant of the genus in 

 Magellan Straits and Smythe's Channel. I saw numbers 

 at every anchorage. As a rule, the birds fly together in 

 flocks. 



16. Podicifes americanus (Garuot). 

 Podicipes americanus Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 524. 



2 . Gray's Harbour, Smythe's Channel, Feb. 9th. Iris 

 red ; bill and feet black. 



This example, the only oue seen, was shot by Lord Crawford 

 in a narrow backwater in Gray's Harbour. 



17. Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster). 

 Spheniscus magellanicus Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 651. 



2 juv. Port Dixon. 



1 saw the first Penguin, an individual of this species, just 

 before we reached the Straits of Magellan. I noted some 



