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ANDEAN GOOSE. 
(Chloiphaga melanoptera. Bernicla melanoptera. 
Anser montanus ). 
This Goose is referred to in “The Voyage of H.M.S. 
Beagle,” which occurred during the years 1832 to 1836, under 
the command of Captain Fitzroy, who was accompanied by Mr. 
Darwin as Naturalist to the Expedition. Very little is known 
of the habits of this bird, which is a native of Antarctic 
America, the specimens possessed by the Zoological Society 
not having bred. Messrs. Sclater and Salvin describe this fine 
Bernicle as inhabiting the heights of the Andes of Peru and 
Bolivia, descending during the winter to the plains, and 
retreating in summer to the mountains on the verge of the line 
of perpetual snow. It has been observed at Lake Titicaca at 
an elevation of from 11,000 to 14,000 feet above the level 
of the sea. (P.Z.S., 1876). 
Male.—White ; wing feathers black ; grey shade on head 
and neck; bill orange tipped with black; legs and feet yellow 
orange. 
Female.—The same, but considerably smaller. 
Young.—No information. 
Egg.—wNo information. 
PAINTED GOOSE. 
(Chloéphaga inornata. Bernicla picta). 
This bernicle inhabits Central and Southern Chili, and 
has a distribution very similar to that of Chloéphaga magellanica, 
Both sexes greatly resemble C. mage//lanica, but the male has 
the black bands of a more intense black, and more numerous ; 
while the female lacks the reddish tinge on the head and upper 
part of the neck, these portions being of a dull grey. 
