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Show 12 ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS M A D E DURING [Jan. 4, No. 61. j: Valparaiso, August 4, 1879. Legs black. No. 126 61: Valparaiso, August 18, 1879. A. Sternum. 41. DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRYS, Temm. ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 740. No. 86. cf: Valparaiso, August 13, 1879. Bill grey, with dark tips ; feet light grey ; iris dark brown. A. Trachea. 42. PELECANOIDES URINATRIX (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Report Trans. of Venus Exped., Birds, p. 14. P. garnoti (Less.) ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 739. No. 34. §: Antonio Islands, Trinidad Channel, February 17, 1879. Eyes black; bill black; legs slate-colour. Stomach containing small Crustacea. No. 96. $: Cockle Cove, October 16, 1879. Bill black; iris dark brown ; legs and feet slate-coloured. The following are the dimensions of the adult specimen:-total length 8'5 inches, culmen 0*75, wing 4-9, tail 1*7, tarsus 1. These measurements exceed those of the specimens already in the Museum from the Straits of Magellan, and appear to be intermediate between the ordinary P. urinatrix and the larger P. garnoti, which, after all, does not seem to be a very distinct species. 43. DAPTION CAPENSIS (L.) ; Sharpe, Report Trans, of Venus Exped., Birds, p. 19 ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 737. No. 2. S: off Tres Montes, May 10, 1879. Iris dark brown; bill and legs black ; eyelids black. c?: off St. Ambrose, July 20, 1879. Iris dark grey. No. 135. J : lat. 31° 52' S., long. 18° 37' W . Iris dark grey. A. Sternum. 44. MAJAQUEUS .EQUINOCTIALIS (L.) ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 737'. No. 132. S: Valparaiso, August 1879. Eyes dark brown; bill grey and black ; legs black. No. 62. 2'- Valparaiso, August 13, 1879. Same soft parts as 3 . No. 139. 6- Valparaiso, August 18, 1879. 45. ATTAGIS FALKLANDICA (Gm.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188. No. 24. tf: Cockle Cove, February 14, 1879. Shot on summit of mountain. 46. NYCTICORAX OBSCURUS (Licht.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis 1868, p. 189, 1869, p. 285 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 436. No. 54. 2 ad.: Cockle Cove, February 11, 1879. Iris orange ; legs dark grey ; bill horn-colour. |