ToO2 ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
bred well in the Gardens, and another pair were deposited in 
June, 1883. It is some time since any were offered for sale, 
when they realised £8 to £10 a pair. 
It inhabits the South of Magellan, the Falkland Islands, 
and Chiloe. Captain Abbot only saw three specimens during 
a three years’ stay in the Falkland Islands, and supposes these 
came from the coast of Patagonia. M. Leconte brought one 
skin only. Phillips and Landbeck call it Bernicla chiloensts, 
and state that it is common in that island, where it breeds. 
Dr. Cunningham, Naturalist to H.M.S. “Nassau” in the 
years 1866 to 1869, during the expedition to the Straits of 
Magellan, remarks upon the beauty and tameness of these 
birds, of which he describes the flesh as being very good and 
superior to that of the other species. The young birds do not 
acquire the ruddy breast of the adults until their second 
feathering. It has been bred on the Continent by M. Courtois, 
and other amateurs. 
Of the Ashy-Headed Goose, Mr. F. E. Blaauw writes to 
the “Ibis,” of January, 1904, as follows :— 
‘It is certainly the finest, but also the most delicate, of all the 
Geese that I have had in my garden. The best way to ensure success with 
this species is to give a constant supply of cabbage, besides grass and grain. 
With care I have managed to keep it since 1890, having only once had to 
procure a fresh importation of two males. At the present time I am the 
happy owner of an old pair, three young pairs, and an odd male. The 
female of my breeding pair laid five eggs last spring, from which four 
goslings were hatched. One of these died, but the remaining three have’ 
been doing well, and are now in their first moult. The goslings in down 
are uniform in colour, unlike those of the foregoing species. They have 
dark grey markings on the back of the head and neck, on a whitish-grey 
ground. Their first plumage resembles that of the adults, but is much less 
brilliant. The breast is brownish, and striped all over with blackish lines. 
The white of the belly is also less in extent. They begin their first moult in 
October, but seldom finish it until the following spring.” 
Male.—Head and upper part of neck ash-grey, changing 
into reddish-brown on the back and breast, barred with a darker 
