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Show 1886.] FROM TARAPACA, NORTHERN CHILI. 401 orange-yellow which occupies the whole basal portion, while narrow rim at the front, the lores, and the naked skin round the eye are red, in life (according to Rahmer) " carmine." There is besides a red spot terminating the yellow at the front of the upper mandible. In P. andinus the black terminal portion is much more extended ; this is succeeded by a pale or " whitish yellow " base; and the part between the nostrils is "brick-red." The lower part of the gonys next to the feathering and the narrow naked lores are in the skin of a flesh-colour, in life " violet." In P. jamesi the legs are red, in life "carmine;" in P. andinus " whitish yellow." In P. jamesi, as will be seen in the figure (Plate XXXVI.), the external secondaries are elongated into filiform plumes, which extend, when the wing is closed, as much as two inches beyond the primaries, and scapularies are similarly lengthened. Both these sets of plumes are of a bright rosy red. This is also apparent in the two younger specimens of P. jamesi, but nothing of the sort appears to take place in P. andinus. 27. BERNICLA MELANOPTERA (Eyton). Bernicla melanoptera, Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 467. Sacaya. One adult and two nestlings : iris dark brown with a white rim ; feet carmine. 28. ANAS CRISTATA, Grm. Anas cristata, Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 473. Sitana, Sacaya, and Huasco. Examples of both sexes: "iris orange." A series of eight eggs are of the usual colour of Ducks' eggs, a pale fulvous white ; they measure about 2*6 by 1*7 inch. 29. QUERQUEDULA CYANOPTERA (Vieill.). Querquedula cyanoptera, Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 475. Sitana and Sacaya. Examples of both sexes : iris orange. 30. QUERQUEDULA OXYPTERA (Meyen). Querquedula oxyptera, Sci. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 385 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 477. Sitana, Sacaya, Huasco, and Lalcalhuay. Males and females: iris dark brown. Ten eggs of this Duck accompany the skins ; they are duller and smaller than those of Anas cristata, and measure about 2-3 by 1*5 inch. 31. QUERQUEDULA PUNA (Tsch.). Querquedula puna, Tacz. Orn. Pe'r. iii. p. 478 ; Sci, et Salv. Ex. Orn. pi. xcix. Sitana and Sacaya. Examples of both sexes : "iris brown." Five eggs are larger and more pointed than those of Q. oxyptera and of a pale fulvous white. They measure about 2*3 by 1-/5 inch. |