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Ibis vol 3 1861. p. 153 Capt. Abbot on Birds of Falklands - good to contrast this case of now peculiarity (as well as of Iceland) owing to Glacial with Galapagos &c. - One representative species disputes my Cinclodes patachonicus & Scytalopus. - Gould says latter a cave species.

C. Patachonicus seems one endemic species & this belongs to variable group.

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13. ClNCLODES ANTARCTICUS (Gam.).

This bird is not found except on the coast, and the only place I have ever met with it is in Kidney Cove, on the island called Kidney Island. Here it is very abundant, and breeds among the Tussac, but I have never seen the eggs or obtained the nest. I do not believe that there is any second species of this genus found in East Falkland, although Mr. Darwin states that Cinclodes patachonicus is "common*" there. Nor have I ever seen or heard of any such bird as the Scytalopus magellanicus, also mentioned by Mr. Darwin.

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29. Chloephaga magellanica (Gm.). (Upland Goose.) This Goose is found abundantly everywhere in East Falkland. At Cow Bay, where the grass is short and sweet, Rabbits, Upland Geese, and Jackass Penguins are so plentiful that the place is called "the Farm-yard." The Upland Goose is easily domesticated, and very readily takes to eating corn. It breeds all over the country, as well as on the adjoining islets, and on this point Mr. Darwin seems to have made a mistake, unless the disappearance of the Fox from East Falkland has caused a change in its habits in this respect.]