1886.] FROM TARAPACA, NORTHERN CHILI. 401 



orange-yellow which occupies the whole basal portion, while the 

 narrow rim at the front, the lores, and the naked skin round the eye 

 are red, in life (according to Rahmer) " carmine." There is besides 

 a red spot terminating the yellow at the front of the upper mandible. 

 In P. andiiius the black terminal portion is much more extended ; 

 this is succeeded by a pale or " whitish yellow " base ; and the part 

 between the nostrils is " brick-red." The lower part of the gonys 

 next to the feathering and the narrow naked lores are in the skin of 

 a flesh-colour, in life " violet." 



In P.jamesi the legs are red, in life "carmine;" in P. andinus 

 " whitish yellow." 



In P.jamesi, as will be seen in the figure (Plate XXXVI.), the 

 external secondaries are elongated into filiform plumes, which extend, 

 when the wing is closed, as much as two inches beyond the 

 primaries, and scapularies are sin)ilarly lengthened. Both these 

 sets of plumes are of a bright rosy red. This is also apparent in the 

 two younger specimens of P.jamesi, but nothing of the sort appears 

 to take place in P. andinus. 



27. Bernicla melanoptera (Eytou). 

 JBernicla melanoptera, Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 467. 



Sacaya. One adult and two nestlings : iris dark brown with a 

 white rim ; feet carmine. 



28. Anas cristata, Glm. 



Anas cristata, Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 473. 



Sitana, Sacaya, and Huasco. Examples of both sexes: "iris 

 orange." A series of eight eggs are of the usual colour of Ducks' 

 eggs, a pale fulvous white ; they measure about 2*6 by 1*7 inch. 



29. QUERaUEDULA CYANOPTERA (VieiU.). 



Querquedula cyanoptera., Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 475. 

 Sitana and Sacaya. Examples of both sexes : iris orange. 



30. QuERaUEDULA OXYPTERA (MeyCll). 



Querquedula oxijptera, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 38.5 ; Tacz. 

 Orn. Per. iii. p. 477. 



Sitana, Sacaya, Huasco, and Lalcalhuay. Males and females: 

 iris dark brown. Ten eggs of this Duck accompany the skins ; they 

 are duller and smaller than those of Anas cristata, and measure about 

 2-3 by 1-5 inch. 



31. Querquedula puna (Tsch.). 



Querquedula puna, Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 478 ; Scl. et Salv. Ex. 



Orn. pi. xcix. 



Sitana and Sacaya. Examples of both sexes : "iris brown." 

 Five eggs are larger and more pointed than those of Q. oxijptera 



and of a pale fulvous white. They measure about 2*3 by 1"75 inch. 



