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Mr. H. Durnford^s Notes on the 
of shield bright blood-red. Legs olivaceous^ with a pale red 
garter round the thigh. 
*Fulica leucopyga. 
Not so common as F, armillata, hut found always in the 
smaller lagoons and pools in the valleys of the Chupat^ the 
Sengelj and the Sengelen. The chick is covered at first with 
black down^ with the exception of the neck and throat. The 
neck has the down mixed with orange and bright red, whilst 
the throat has some blood-red down on it. The beak has a 
bright-red band near the tip, surrounding both mandibles. 
■^'Vanellus cayennensis. 
Resident. Common in the valleys throughout our journey. 
^ Eudromias modestus. 
Large flocks came to the' Chupat valley about the middle 
of April, but only remained a few days. They arrived with 
a strong S.E. vrind. The flocks were chiefly composed of 
immature birds; but there were some adults. 
j . ^GIALITIS EALKLANDICA. 
Resident, and frequently observed on the banks of Lake 
Colguape, and subsequently up the Sengel. 
I took fresh eggs and also young in down of this species on 
the 29th September from the shores of a large brackish lagoon 
near the Chupat valley. The nest is a mere hollow scraped 
in the sand, and paved with fragments of small shells. The 
eggs are of a sandy ground-colour, spotted and streaked 
(chiefly at the larger end) with black. They measure 1*4 x 1 
inch. 
The young of the year, in their first plumage, have the top 
and side of head, shoulders, and back mottled with dull yel¬ 
lowish and brown, the breast and stomach dirty white. They 
show no signs of the fine rufous markings on the head and 
neck of the adult, and but very faint traces of the double 
black breast-band. The adult and young in first plumage 
have the iris wood-brown; beak, legs, feet, and claws black. 
\*Oreophilus ruficollis. 
Partially resident, but most numerous in the spring, when 
