CATALOGUE — 'BIRDS. 



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77. Anas chiloensis. — Nob. in Proceedings of Zool. Society. 

 A?i. frontCi genis, ahdominc^ uropygio, pteromatibusque alhis ; capite 

 posteriori, collo, dorso inferiori, ptilis, remigihusque priynariis, 

 caudaquefuscis ; dorso superioriy pectorequefusco et alho fasciatis ; 

 remigibus sectmdariis et tertiis scapularihusque nitide atris, his 

 albo lineatis ; abdominis lateribus crissoque rufescentibus ; striga 

 post oculoSy lata splendide purpurascenti-viride. 

 Length about 16 inches. Island of Chiloe, 



78. Anas fretensis. — Nob. in Proceedings of Zool. Soc. 

 An, gula, genis, collo, pectore, dor soque anterior i pallide badiis ; collo 

 graciliter undulato; pectore dor soque anteriori atro maculato; dorso 

 abdomijieque imis, crisso, caudaque alhis nigro fasciatis ; dorsi 

 fasciis latis, abdominis gracillimus, caudce sublatioribus, crissi 

 sparsim undulatis ; capite supra, remigibus, scapularibusque vires- 

 centi- atris ; his albo in medio lineatis ; tectricibus plumbeo-cani^, 

 fascia apicali alba ; speculo supra viridi, deinde purpureo, fascia 

 atra apice albo terminatd. 



Statura Anatis creccoidis. Nob. 

 Strait of Magalhaens. 



79. Anas Rafflesii. — Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 97. 



An. castaneo-rifa, capite abdornineque medio saturatiorbus ; notis 

 dorsi, remigibus, caudd supra, crissoque nigris ; ptilis cmruleis, 

 pteromatibus albis, speculo alarum viridi. 



A figure of the bird is given in the supplementary plates of the 

 Zool. Jour. Supp. XXIX. 

 Lengthj 20 inches. 



Strait of Magalhaens, and Western coast to Chiloe. 

 This beautiful bird bears the name of the late Sir J. Stamford 

 Kaffles, to whose exertions the science of Zoology is under no 

 trifling obligation. 



80. Anas specularis. — Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 98. 



An. capite smnmo, dorso, alis, caudaque Jiigris : subtus pallide 

 griseus, pectore brunneo undidato : speculo lato purpurascenti- 

 aureo splendente, fascid atrd alterdque alhd marginato : macula 

 utrinque suboculari, mento, thoraceque albis. 

 The length of the bird is 26 inches ; of the bill 2| ; of the wing. 



