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33. Tachyeres cinereus (Gm.). 



Tachyeres cinereus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 402. 

 Micropterus cinereus, Cunningham, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 493. 

 651, female (young), Messier' s Channel. 

 '* Eyes brown ; stomach had crabs." 



656, young, Messier's Channel. 



" Eyes brown, feet and bill black." 



657, female, Tom Harbour. 



" Eyes brown, bill yellow tipped with black, feet yellow ; stomach 

 had small pieces of sand." 



678, male, Straits of Magellan. 



681, 682, females, Port Churrucha. 



"Weighed 8 lb. and 8| lb." 



725, 726, males (young), Falkland Islands. 



" Stomach had shells from the kelp chiefly ; bill black, feet 

 yellow-brown." 



There is nothing in the present series which would induce us to 

 question Dr. Cunningham's view, that the "Flying Loggerhead" is 

 the young of the ordinary species before it gets too heavy for flight. 

 Such a specimen as "No. 681, young female," could evidently 

 accomplish flight, which in large fully adult birds would be probably 

 impossible. 



In all the immature birds the bill is uniform black. 



34. COLUMBA 03NAS, Lillll. 



626, male, 1 T „ , 



627, female, J Juan Fernandez. 



" Eyes orange, feet red, bill black." 



No doubt an introduced bird ; the two specimens vary in plumage. 



35. Rallus antarcticus, King; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 139. 

 693, female, Sandy Point. 



" Eyes red, bill black, feet yellow ; stomach had pebbles." 



36. Vanellus occidentalis, Harting. 



Vanellus occidentalis, Harting, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 451. 



V. cayennensis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 331 ; Scl. et Salv. No- 

 mencl. p. 142 (partim). 



722, male, Elizabeth Island. 



** Eyes pink, legs pink, bill black at tip, pink at base." 



The characters given by Mr. Harting to separate this western 

 form from V. cayennensis are slight, but, we think, on the whole, 

 sufficient to justify the employment of his name. 



37. H^matopus leucopus (Garnot); Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 143. 



636, male, Penguin Islands. 



" Bill red, legs flesh, eyes orange." 



