1876. J NEOTROPICAL ANATID.E. 363 



This fine goose is found in the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia, 

 and has heen observed both on Lake Titicaca and at Tinta and Pi- 

 tumarca, at an elevation of from 11,000 to 14,000 feet above the 

 sea-level, in what Tschudi has termed the " Puna region." It is 

 also found throughout the central provinces of Chili, descending to 

 the plains in winter, but in summer retiring to the high Cordillera, 

 to the verge of the line of perpetual snow. It has been observed at 

 Quintero, in the province of Santiago, and in such numbers, on a 

 small body of water near the celebrated Portillo Pass, that the spot 

 is called Valle de los Pinquenes, Pinquen being the native name of 

 this species. The limit of its southern range probably hardly passes 

 the 35th degree of south latitude. 



There were three specimens of this fine species lately living in the 

 menagerie of this Society (List Vert. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 244) ; but 

 none of them seemed to enjoy such good health in captivity as the 

 other South-American Geese. The male is considerably larger than 

 the female. 



3. Bernicla magellanica. 



Oie des Terres magellaniques, Buff. PI. Enl. 1006, unde 

 Anas magellanica, Gm. S. N. i. p. 505 (1788) (Straits of Ma- 

 gellan). 



Anser pictus et magellanicus, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 117 (1823). 

 Chloephaga magellanica, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 82 (1838) ; Dar- 

 win, Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 134 (1841) (Tierra del Fuego and Falkland 

 Islands); Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 128; 1858, p. 289; 1860, p. 387 

 (Falkland Islands) ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 96 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 157 (Falkland Islands) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Straits 

 of Magellan) ; 1870, p. 500 (Elizabeth Isle) ; Ph. & Landb. Cat. 

 Av. Chil. p. 40. 



Bernicla magellanica, Gay, Fauna Chil. p. 443 (1848) (Chiloe). 

 Painted Duck, Cook, It. i. p. 96, unde 

 Anaspicta, Gm. S. N. i. p. 504 (1788) (Staaten Island). 

 Anas leucoptera, Gm. S. N. i. p. 505 (1788); ex Buff. xvii. 

 p. 101, et Brown's 111. t. 40 (Falkland Islands). 



Anser leucopterus, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 113 (1823). 

 Bernicla leucoptera, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 627 (1831). 

 Alba, hypochondriis et dorso superiore cum parte basali colli 

 postici nigro transvittatis ; primariis, tectricibus alarum majo- 

 ribus, tertiariis et scapularibus elongatis cinerascentibus ; dorso 

 postico et rectricibus cinerascenti-nigris ; rostro nigro, iridefere 

 nigra, pedibus obscure plumbeis : long, tota circ. 26, alee 16-3, 

 caudce 5"5, rostri a rictu L6, tarsi 3'8, dig. med. cum ungue 33. 

 Fern, capite et collo cinnamomeis ; gastrceo antice cinnamomeo, 

 postice albo, omnino nigro transvittato ; subcaudalibus latera- 

 libus nigris, mediis fusco irroratis ; dorso antico cervino et 

 albo transvittato, postico et rectricibus brunnescenti-nigris : 

 primariis fusco-nigris, secundariis albis, tertiariis et scapu- 

 laribus elongatis grisescentibus ; tectricibus alarum majoribus 

 ceneis, vitta subapicali nigra, albo tenninatis ; rostro nigro. 



