334 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 28, 



confirmed by Schlegel (Mus. d. P.-B. Ralli, p. 64), having marked 

 examples for comparison. Landbeck's F. chilensis is, according to 

 Hartlaub, F. armUlata, Vieill., and his F. chloropoides^F. strick- 

 landi, Hartlaub. But Schlegel makes F. stricklandi the young of 

 F. chilensis, Gay ! 



Fam. Ardeid.e. 



Five species of this family have been recorded as Chilian, namely : 

 — (1) Ardea cocoi (Linn.) ; (2) Nycticorax obscurus, Licht. (Bp. 

 Consp. ii. p. 141), hitherto usually confounded with N. gardeni ; 

 two White Egrets, namely (3) Ardea candidissima (Gm.) and (4) A. 

 egretta (Gm.) {leuce, Licht.) ; and (5) Ardetta exilis (Gm.). By 

 some authorities the last-named species is held to be distinct from 

 the North American form, and called A. erythromelas (Bp. Consp. 

 ii. p. 134). I have had no opportunity of comparing specimens. 



Fam. CicoNiiD^. 



Ciconia maguari (Gm.). An interesting note on the nidificatioa 

 of this bird is given by Bridges (P. Z. S. 1843, p. 116). 



Fam. Plataleid.e. 



The American forms oi Ibis falcinellus (Linn.), usually called /. 

 ordi and I. guarauna, are stated by Schlegel to be inseparable from 

 the European I. falcinellus. 



Fam. Phcenicopterid^, 



Phcenicopterus igni-jyalliatus, Geoffr. et D'Orb. — P. chilensis, 

 Bridges, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 117. Abundant in the freshwater lakes 

 of Chili. 



Phcenicopterus ajidinus, Philippi, Ann. Univ. Chili, 1864, p. 337; 

 Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 10; Reise d. die Wiiste Atacama, p. 164, 

 Zool. t. 4 et 5 ; Cassin, GiUiss's Exp. ii. p. 198. This species in- 

 habits the Cordilleras of Copiapo in Northern Chili, according to its 

 discoverer, but does not go further south. Northwards it appears 

 to have been observed by Bollaert near Tarapaca in Bolivia. 



Fam. Anatid^. 



Two species of Swan occur in South America, Cygniis nigricollis 

 and C. coscoroba (Mol.). Lieut. Gilliss tells us that the former is 

 abundant in most of the small mountain-lakes of Chili. 



Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck have given excellent notices of the 

 four species of (reese found in Chili, in 'Wiegman's Archiv,' 1863 

 (p. 185 et seq.), but have wrongly identified some of them. They 

 should stand as follows : — 



(1) Bernicla melanoptera (Eytou) ; Ph. et Landb. /. c. p. 185. 



(2) Bernicla antarctica (Gm.) ; Ph. et Landb. I. c. p. 199. 



(3) Chloephaga dispar (Ph. et Landb.). — Bernicla magellanica, 

 Cassin (nee Gm.), — B. dispar, Ph. et Landb, /, e. p. 190. 



