of the Straits of Magellan. 97 



There is the rudiment of a spur on the point of the wing of this bird. 

 The under-wing coverts are white with a few black marks on the outside 

 feathers. The bill is black, the wings fuscous. The length of the body 

 is 8| inches; of the bill, |; of the wing from the carpal joint to the end 

 of the first quill feather, 5|; of the tail, 3; of the tarsi, 1^. 



53. This beautiful bird I consider to be the female of the ^nser 

 Magellanicus. — There appears to me to be much confusion in the descrip- 

 tion of the various alleged species of the Geese of this country. I have 

 some doubts as to these species being really distinct. My bird differs in 

 some points from the descriptions of all of them, and in others agrees 

 with them all. The male, of which I could not procure a specimen, is 

 pure white. 



54. A beautiful DucA, of which I have not been able to find a de- 

 scription. — 



Anas Rafflesii. 



An. castaneo-rufa, capife ahdomineque medio saturatiorihus ; notis 

 dor si, remigibus, caudd supra, crissoque nigris ; ptilis cceruleis, ptero- 

 matibus albis, speculo alarum viridi. 



TAB. SUPP. XXIX. 



The body of this bird is of a deep and shining chestnut red, the upper 

 part of the head and the middle of the abdomen being of a much darker 

 shade, inclining to black. The feathers of the back are marked with 

 black semilunar spots in the centre, some of the scapulars being beauti- 

 fully striated with bright buff, black, and light blue. The vidng and tail 

 feathers are black above, fuscous beneath. The mider wing coverts are 

 black at the carpal joint, and along the edge of the wing ; the lower 

 feathers are white. The bill is black; the legs yellow. The length of 

 the bird from the end of the bill to that of the tail is 20 inches; of the 

 bill, 2 ; of the Aving from the carpal joint to the end of the second quill 

 feather, 7|; of the tail, 4; of the tarn, 1|. 



I cannot let the opportunity pass by which has been afforded mo by 

 the discovery of this beautiful bird, of paying a tribute, slight as it is , of 

 gratitude and esteem to my late lamented friend. Sir T. Stamford Raffles. 



