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but feed mainly on a common seaweed, Porphyra vulgaris, 

 which flourishes between tide-marks. The nest is roughly 

 made of grass bents, and slightly lined with feathers. 

 Four eggs are usually deposited in it. They are of a light 

 cream colour, oval in shape, and measure from 80 to 84 mm. 

 in length, and from 54 to 56 mm. in breadth. They are 

 quite smooth externally. 



Chloepliaga magellanica, " Upland Goose." Abundant 

 over the whole Falkland Archipelago. On some of the 

 farms a reward, varying from los. to 15s. per hundred, is 

 paid for the bills of this species. It is estimated that 

 three geese devour as much grass as one sheep. In the 

 early summer, January, the young birds make a welcome 

 addition to one's table, and are most delicious eating. At 

 this season the berries of the diddle-dee are ripe, and are 

 devoured in quantities by these birds, and this food un- 

 questionably fattens them, and adds to their delicate 

 flavour. When a flock of " Upland geese" are disturbed, 

 as they fly away they usually utter a note which may be 

 rendered as "urr-urr-urr," a sound identical with that made 

 by the Gentoo Penguin {Pygosceles tceniata). Indeed, the 

 resemblance is so exact, that I defy anyone to distinguish 

 between the species if guided by the ear alone. The nest, 

 a clumsy affair made of grass, and with a lining of feathers, 

 usually contains three eggs. These are laid in the early 

 part of November. They are of a light brown cream 

 colour, and quite smooth. They are oval in shape, and 

 measure from 75 to 77 mm. in length, and 53 to 54 mm. in 

 breadth. 



Cygnus nigricollis, " Black-necked Swan." A striking 

 bird, and very locally distributed. A pair of these birds 

 vi^ere seen by an acquaintance on a pool of water near 

 Stanley early in November ; but they immediately took 

 flight on observing him. A few still breed in places on 



