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Show 10 ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS M A D E DURING [Jan. 4 the Falkland Islands. I presume that Dr. Coppinger's specimens are a pair, male and female being shot on the same day-the difference in the colour of the soft parts being a very noticeable feature ; while I must at the same time admit that the female with her " light red" head has more grey edgings to the wing-feathers than the male, and thus shows an approach to R.falklandicus. 27. IBYCTER CHIMANGO (V.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 41. Milvago chimango (V.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 187; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 435. No. 6. rf: Cockle Cove, February 9, 1879. Legs olive-green, claws black ; irides dark grey ; cere grey. No. 82. J : Talcahuano, September 1879. Eyes light brown; legs grey ; bill grey and white. 28. POLYBORUS THARUS (Mol.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 31 ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188, 1870, p. 499 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 435. No. 57. 6 juv. : Port Henry, Straits of Magellan, January 25, 1879. Cere fleshy grey; eyes black. No. 14. § juv. : Port Henry, January 25, 1879. Cere orange; tarsi grey and yellow. No. 12. $ ad. : Tom Bay, March 1879. Bill grey; cere orange-yellow ; tarsi grey ; feet yellow; claws black. 29. CIRCUS CINEREUS, V.; Sharpe, Cat. B.i. p. 56. No. 83. $: Coquimbo, June 1879. Legs and feet yellow; claws black. Stomach containing remains of birds. 30. CERCHNEIS CINNAMOMINA (SW.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 439. Tinnunculus sparverius (L.) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188, 1870, p. 499; iid. P.Z.S. 1878, p. 434. No. 119. 2'• Coquimbo, June 1879. Legs grey; feet yellow; bill blue. Stomach containing remains of birds. 31. BUBO MAGELLANICUS (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 29; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188. No. 45. J: Cape Gregory, Straits of Magellan, January 1879. Irides golden yellow ; horns prominent; claws black. No. 44. 2 • Port Henry, Straits of Magellan, January 28, 1879. No. 138. S- Mayne Harbour, Straits of Magellan, January 1879. The female is a much darker bird than the male, suggesting almost the possibility of its being in melanistic plumage ; the general aspect of the upper surface is almost uniform ; and the centre tail-feathers have no cross bars at all. In the male the light cross bands are seven in number, without counting the whitish apical band. 32. SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA (Mol.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 142. Pholeoptynx cunicularia (Mol.); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188. , N i 0'1?1°- ?= Coquimbo, June 1879. Eyes yellow; feet grey in front, yellow behind ; bill horn-colour. |