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of the Falkland Islands. 
31. Chloephaga poliocephala, G. R. Gray. 
This can hardly be called a Falkland-Island bird, although 
Mr. Gould has included it in his list given in the f Proceedings 
of the Zoological Society During the three years I have 
been in East Falkland I have never seen but three, and these 
were met with singly, at different times, amongst flocks of the 
Upland Goose (C. magellanica ). Probably these birds were 
stragglers from the coast of Patagonia, where the species is said 
to be very common. 
32. Bernicla Antarctica (Ghi.). (Kelp Goose.) 
A very common bird along the coast. Its breeding-time is 
the same as that of the Upland Goose, and, as the nest is placed 
a few yards from the shore and quite exposed, I have frequently 
seen the female sitting from a distance. The male bird is gene¬ 
rally also stationed very close by, as is the case with the Upland 
Goose. The interior of the nest of this bird is covered with 
down, taken from the female only, as I have ascertained by 
the colour. The eggs are generally six or seven in number, 
and are carefully covered over with down when the bird is away 
at feed. 
33. Cygnus nigricollis (Gm.). (Black-necked Swan.) 
This Swan is found all the year round in East Falkland, but 
is rather scarce and very wild. In 1859 a number appeared 
in the Biver Murrel, and most of them moulted there. A pair 
of them which were caught did not survive long in captivity. 
The Black-necked Swan seems to breed principally on the ad¬ 
jacent islands, as I have never heard of more than one nest 
being found on the mainland. This was on the edge of a pond 
at Mare Harbour. 
34. Cygnus coscoroba (Mol.). (White Swan.) 
Mare Harbour is the only part of East Falkland where I have 
even seen or heard of this bird. At this spot there is generally 
a flock of eight or ten to be found. I have never seen the nest ; 
but on the 1st of May, 1860, three young ones about a month 
old were observed, which, no doubt, had been bred on some of 
the adjacent islands. 
* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 96. 
