Concepcion, Chile.
Porphyrio simplex. Gould.
P. vertice, remigibus primariis obscurè olivaceo-viridibus, harum apicibus flavescenti albo angustè marginatis; corpore supra obscure olivaceo-viridi, plumâ singulâ obscurè fulvo late marginatâ; genis gutture, corporeque infra flavescentibus; rostro rubro; pedibus viridescenti-flavis.
Long. tot. 9 unc.; alæ, 5½; caudæ, 2½; tarsi, 1⅞; rostrio, ⅞.
Habitat, Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean. (July.)
This specimen was killed with a stick near the summit of the Island. It was evidently a straggler, which had not long arrived. There is no aboriginal land bird at Ascension.
Order—PALMIPEDES.
Anser melanopterus. Eyton.
Plate L.
Anser melanopterus, Eyton, Monog. Anatidæ, p. 93.