10 ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS MADE DURING [Jan. 4 



the Falkland Islands. I presume that Dr. Coppinger's specimens 

 are a pair, male and female being shot on the same day — the difference 

 in the colour of the soft parts being a very noticeable feature ; while 

 I must at the same time admit that the female with her " light 

 red " head has more grey edgings to the wing-feathers than the 

 male, and thus shows an approach to R.falklandicus. 



27. Ibycter chimango (V.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 41. 

 Milvago chimango (V.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 187; iid. 



P. Z. S. 1878, p. 435. 



No. 6. S ■ Cockle Cove, February 9, 1879. Legs olive-green, 

 claws black ; irides dark grey ; cere grey. 



No. 82. c? : Talcahuano, September 1879. Eyes light brown ; legs 

 grey ; bill grey and white. 



28. PoLYBORUS tharus (Mol.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. .31 ; Scl. 

 & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188, 1870, p. 499 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 435. 



No. 57. 6 juv. : Port Henry, Straits of Magellan, January 25, 

 1879. Cere fleshy grey ; eyes black. 



No. 14. 2 ju''^- : Port Henry, January 25, 1879. Cere orange; 

 tarsi grey and yellow. 



No. 12. 2 ad. : Tom Bay, March 1879. Bill grey; cere orange- 

 yellow ; tarsi grey ; feet yellow ; claws black. 



29. Circus cinereus, Y.; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 56. 



No. 83. $: Coquimbo, June 1879. Legs and feet yellow ; claws 

 black. Stomach containing remains of birds. 



30. Cerchneis ciNNAMOMiNA (Sw.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 439. 

 Tinnunculus sparverius (L.) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 18C8, p. 188, 



1870, p. 499; iid. P.Z.S. 1878, p. 434. 



No. 119. §: Coquimbo, June 1879. Legs grey; feet yellow; 

 bill blue. Stomach containing remains of birds. 



31. Bubo magellanicus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 29; 

 Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188. 



No. 45. (5: Cape Gregory, Straits of Magellan, January 1879. 

 Irides golden yellow ; horns prominent ; claws black. 



No. 44. $ : Port Henry, Straits of Magellan, January 28, 1879. 



No. 138. c?: Mayne Harbour, Straits of Magellan, January 1879. 



The female. is a much darker bird than the male, suggesting 

 almost the possibility of its being in melanistic plumage ; the general 

 aspect of the upper surface is almost uniform ; and the centre tail- 

 feathers have no cross bars at all. In the male the light cross bands 

 are seven in number, without counting the whitish apical band. 



32. Speotyto cunicularia (Mol.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 142. 



Pholeoptynx cunicularia (Mol.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188. 



No. 120. 5: Coquimbo, June 1879. Eyes yellow; feet grey in 

 front, yellow behind ; bill horn-colour. 



