46 DR. p. L. SCLATER on birds from the FALliLANDS. [Feb. 12i 



Buteo unicolor, D'Orb. Voy. Ois. p. 109 ( c? adult.). 

 Buteo varius, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 10 ; Cassin, U. S. Expl. 

 Exp. Atlas, pi. 3. fig. 1, juv. 



2. Chrysomitris magellanica (Gm.). 



Capt. Abbott has presented me with a skin of this species, shot 

 out of a flock of five or six in September 1860 — the only occasion 

 on which he has met with this bird. The species is said to be very 

 common on Keppel Island, sixty miles N.W. of East Falkland. 



3. Attagis molouina (Bodd). — Tetrao falklandicus, Gm. 



Captain Abbott has obtained one example of an Attagis in East 

 Falkland, probably referable to this species. 



4. HoPLOPTERUs CAYANUS (Lath:). 



Two examples of this Plover have been observed in East Falkland, 

 and one of them was shot and sent to England. 



5. Platalea ajaja, Linn. 



Two examples of this Spoonbill have been obtained in the Falk- 

 land Islands ; but it can be regarded only as a rare straggler. 



6. FULICA ? 



A species of Coot has been once obtained by Capt. Abbott in East 

 Falkland, and the specimen was sent to England. 



7. Chloephaga poliocephala, G. R. Gray. 



This near ally of the "Brent-Goose" of the settlers in the Falkland 

 Islands — the species which I have termed C rubidiceps (P. Z. S. 

 I860, p. 387, pi. 173)— occurs occasionally in the Falkland Islands 

 as a straggler from the coast. Capt. Abbott has brought home 

 several specimens. 



8. MiCROPTERUS PATACHONicus, King, p. Z. S. 1830, p. 15. 



Capt. Abbott maintains stoutly the specific difference of this bird 

 (which is called the " Flying Loggerhead " in the Falklands) from 

 the common M. cinereus. I have not yet been aljle to meet with 

 specimens of the two species for exact comparison ; but M. cinereus 

 is said to be quite vuiable to fly, while M, patachoniciis can do so 

 well and strongly. 



9. EUDYPTES DIADEMATUS, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 419. 



Capt. Abbott obtained one single specimen only of this bird, from 

 which Mr. Gould's description was taken. It was found in a 

 "rookery of Rock-hoppers " {Eudyptes nigrivestis) . 



10. EuDPTYES NIGRIVESTIS, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 418. — 

 Aptenodytes chrysocome, Abbott, Ibis, 1860, p. 337. 



According to Mr. Gould's views, the common " Rock-hopper Pen- 



