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Show 1881.] THE SURVEY OF H.M.S. 'ALERT.' 9 18. UPUCERTHIA DUMETORIA, Geoffr. et d'Orb.; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 187. No. 105. 5 : Coquimbo, June 1879. Legs greyish pink. 19. OXYURUS SPINICAUDA (Gm.) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 185 ; iid. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 433. No. 115. c? : Port Riofrio, west coast of Patagonia. No. 38. Trinidad Channel, February 1879. 20. PYGARRHICUS ALBIGULARIS (King); Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 433. No. 114. Skyring Water, Magellan's Straits, March 1880. Iris black ; bill and legs horn-colour. 21. EUSTEPHANUS GALERITUS (Mol.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 283 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 433. No. 35. $ : Cockle Cove, February 9, 1879. 22. PATAGONA GIGAS (Mol.) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 499. No. 113. Coquimbo, August 25, 1879. Eyes black; bill and legs black. 23. CERYLE STELLATA (Meyen) ; Scl. &Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 187, 1869, p. 283 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 434. No. 25. <?: Cockle Cove, February 7, 1879. A. Sternum. (Tom Bay.) 24. STENOPSIS BIFASCIATA (Gould) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 96. No. 107. $ : Coquimbo, June 1879. Eyes yellow. 25. ZENAIDA MACULATA (V.) : Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 132. No. 118. 3: Coquimbo, June 1879. Bill dark; legs red. 26. RHINOGRYPHUS AURA (L.) ; Sharpe, Linn. Soc. Journ. xiii. p. 21. Cathartes aura (L.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 284 ; iid. P.Z.S. 1878, p. 435. a. 3: Tom Bay, April 11, 1879. Iris dark; eyelids and cere flesh-colour ; bill horn-colour; legs dirty yellow. b. $: Tom Bay, April 11, 1879. Eyes dark; skin of head and neck light red: legs and feet dirty grey. A. Trachea. The two specimens sent by Dr. Coppinger would appear, from a comparison of the skins, to be of the same species as the ordinary Rhinogryphus aura of North America. I have already determined Chilian specimens in the British Museum as belonging to the last-named species ; and, as far as I can now judge from the increased series in that collection, the grey-winged Vultures are confined to |