1876.] NEOTROPICAL ANATID.E. 367 



Philippi and Landbeck state that the true patria of their B. 

 chiloensis is the island of Chiloe, where it breeds. During the 

 winter it migrates further northward. At Ancud it may be seen in 

 a domesticated state. 



Dr. Cunningham obtained this Goose at Oazy Harbour, in the 

 Straits of Magellan, but did not meet with it in the Falkland Islands. 



6. Bernicla rubidiceps. 



Bernicla inornata, Gray, Zool. Vov. Erebus and Terror, t. 24. 

 Chloephaga rubidiceps, Scl. P. Z.S. I860, p. 387, t. 163 (Falk- 

 land Islands) ; 1861, p. 46 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 158 (Falkland 

 Islands) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 128; Sharpe, Zool. Erebus and 

 Terror, Birds, p. 37. 



Anser rubidiceps, Schl. Mus. des P.-B., Anseres, p. 102. 

 Chlwtrophus i-ubidiceps, Bann. Pr. Ac. Phil. lS/0, p. 131. 

 Corpore subtus cum capite toto et collo cinnamomeis, pectore et hy- 

 pochondriis nigro transfasciatis, crisso nigro marginato ; supra 

 grisescens colli bast crebre nigro et cinnamomeo transfasciata, 

 interscapulii plumis fascia subterminali nigra notatis ; dorso 

 into, uropygio et cauda nigris viridescente vix tinctis; remigibus 

 nigris, secundariis et tectricibus alarum minoribus albis ; tec- 

 tricibus majoribus extus ceneo-viridibus albo terminatis : long, 

 tota circ. 23, alee 13" 5, caudce 4*5, rostri a rictu 1*5, tarsi 2' 5, 

 dig. med. cum ungue 2*8 (Descr. maris ex insulis Falklandicis in 

 Mus. S. & G.). Rostro nigro, iridefere nigra, tarsis extus flavis 

 intus nigrescentibus (Desc. av. in vivario Zool. Soc. Lond.). 

 Hab. Falkland Islands {Abbott, Leconte). 



The "Brent Goose," as this species is called in the Falkland 

 Islands, Captain Abbott says, is not so common as the other species, 

 except in some places in the North Camp, where he saw large 

 numbers in pairs. 



The male is larger than the female, and frequents the edge of the 

 nearest pool of water whilst the female is sitting on her nest amongst 

 dry bushes. The eggs are usually five (rarely six) in number, and 

 are laid the first week in October. The young birds attain the dress 

 of maturity the first year, except that the wing-speculum is dull 

 black instead of glossy green. 



This species also does well in captivity, many broods having been 

 reared since 1860, when the species was first introduced into this 

 country alive (Rev. List of Vert. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 245). 



7. Bernicla Antarctica*. 



Antarctic Goose, Forst. It. pp. 495, 518, unde 



* Bernicla inornata. 



Anas inornatus, King, P. Z. S. 1830-31, p. 15 (Straits of Magellan). 



Bernicla inornata, Gay, Faun. Chil. p. 444 (1856); Gray and Sharpe, Zool. 

 Erebus and Terror, Birds, pi. 30. 



Chloephaga inornata, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 128 ; Sharpe, Zool. Erebus and 

 Terror, Birds, p. 37. 



Similis preecedenti sed minor, dorso cmgustius fransfasciafo ; speculo atari, 



