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Show 334 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CHILIAN BIRDS. [Mar. 28, confirmed by Schlegel (Mus. d. P.-B. Ralli, p. 64), having marked examples for comparison. Landbeck's F. chilensis is, according to Hartlaub, F. armillata, Vieill., and his F. chloropoides=F. stricklandi, Hartlaub. But Schlegel makes F. stricklandi the young of F. chilensis, Gay! Fam. ARDEIDAE. Five species of this family have been recorded as Chilian, namely: -(1) Ardea cocoi (Linn.) ; (2) Nycticorax obscurus, Licht. (Bp. Consp. ii. p. 141), hitherto usually confounded with N. garden!; two White Egrets, namely (3) Ardea candidissima (Gm.) and (4) A. egretta (Gm.) (leuce, Licht.) ; and (5) Ardetta exilis (Gm.). By some authorities the last-named species is held to be distinct from the North American form, and called A. erythromelas (Bp. Consp. ii. p. 134). I have had no opportunity of comparing specimens. Fam. CICONIIDAE. Ciconia maguari (Gm.). An interesting note on the nidification of this bird is given by Bridges (P. Z. S. 1843, p. 116). Fam. PLATALEIDAE. The American forms of Lbis falcinellus (Linn.), usually called /. ordi and I. guarauna, are stated by Schlegel to be inseparable from the European L. falcinellus. Fam. PHCENICOPTERID^!. Phoenicopterus igni-palliatus, Geoffr. et D'Orb. - P. chilensis, Bridges, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 117. Abundant in the freshwater lakes of Chili. Phoenicopterus andinus, Philippi, Ann. Univ. Chili, 1864, p. 337; Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 10; Reise d. die Wiiste Atacama, p. 164, Zool. t. 4 et 5 ; Cassin, Gilliss's Exp. ii. p. 198. This species inhabits the cordilleras of Copiapo in Northern Chili, according to its discoverer, but does not go further south. Northwards it appears to have been observed by Bollaert near Tarapaca in Bolivia. Fam. ANATIDAE. Two species of Swan occur in South America, Cygnus nigricollis and C. coscoroba (Mol.). Lieut. Gilliss tells us that the former is abundant in most of the small mountain-lakes of Chili. Messrs. Philippi and Landbeck have given excellent notices of the four species of Geese found in Chili, in 'Wiegman's Archiv,' 1863 (p. 185 et seq.), but have wrongly identified some of them. They should stand as follows :- (1) Bernicla melanoptera (Eyton); Ph. et Landb. I. c. p. 185. (2) Bernicla antarctica (Gm.) ; Ph. et Landb. I. c. p. 199. (3) Chloephaga dispar (Ph. et Landb.).-Bernicla magellanica, Cassin (nee Gm.).-B. dispar, Ph. et Landb. /. c. p. 190. |