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Show 1881.] THE SURVEY OF H.M.S. 'ALERT.' 13 No. 5. Young: Neesham Cove, Trinidad Channel, February 28, 1879. Iris orange ; bill black above, greenish yellow beneath ; eyelids greenish yellow ; legs dark grey in front, yellow behind. No. 55. e juv. : Cockle Cove, February 12, 1879. Bill black; cere green; iris and legs as in No. 5. 47. BERNICLA ANTARCTICA (Gm.); Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1878, p. 437. Chloephaga antarctica, iid. Ibis, 1869, p. 284, 1870, p. 499. No. 59. 6" : Port Henry. No. 43. 2 : Port Henry, February 1879. No. 79. Pull. : Straits of Magellan, November 1879. Eyes dark grey ; bill black ; legs and feet dark brown. 48. CHLOEPHAGA POLIOCEPHALA, Sclater; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189, 1870, p. 489; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 436. No. 11. 2'• Neesham Cove, Trinidad Channel, February 28, 1879. Iris dark brown; bill horn-colour; legs black in front, orange at back. No. 123. <J: Alert Bay, December 3, 1879. Bill black; eyes dark brown; legs orange, black down the front. No. 90. 2 pull-: Port Henry, December 3, 1879. Eyes brown ; legs dark grey ; bill horn-colour. 49. TACHYERES CINEREUS (Gm.) ; Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S, 1878, p. 437. Micropterus cinereus (Gm.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189, 1870, p. 499. No. 52. 2 '• Puerto Bueno. Legs and feet yellow; bill greenish olive ; eyes black. Shot on freshwater lake near the sea. No. 60. Walney Sound, February 4, 1879. Weight 10§ lb. Crop full of entire mussels and prawns. Stink intense. No. 58. Elizabeth Island, January 3, 1879. No. 89. 6" pull.: Tom Bay, November 30, 1879. A. Skull. Cockle Cove. B. Skeleton. Tom Bay, February 24, 1879. 50. ANAS CRISTATA, Gm.; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 499. No. 15. 2 : Port Rosario, March 15, 1879. No. 3. <j>: Cockle Cove, February 7, 1879. Iris blood-red ; legs dark grey ; upper mandible horn-colour, lower one flesh-colour. No. 130. 6: Tom Bay, November 29, 1879. Eyes yellowish red ; bill black. The egg is creamy buff, and measures-axis 2-4 inches, diam. P65. 51. MARECA SIBILATRIX (Poeppig); Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1876, p. 395. Mareca chiloensis, Eyton ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 284. No. 76. 2'- Coquimbo, June 1879. |