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Show 534 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE [Juiiel5, II. ^ETHIOPIAN ANATIDAE. Under this head I place only those species that live all the year round and breed within the region. These are about 22 in number, as given in the following list :- List of AVthiopian Anatidae. Plectropterus gambensis. rueppelli. niger. Chenalopex eegyptiaca. Bernicla cyanoptera. Nettopus auritus2. Dendrocycna viduata2. major . arcuata. Sarcidiornis africana2. Tadorna eana. Dafila erythrorhyncha2. Anas melleri. xauthorhyncha. sparsa. bernieri1. Querquedula hartlaubi. • punctata2. Spatula capensis. Fuligula capensis. Thalassornis leuconota2. Erismatura mocoa. Amongst these are two generic forms not found elsewhere, Plectropterus and Thalassornis. Of the nine Anatidae hitherto registered as met with in Madagascar, two species only are peculiar to the island, Anas melleri and A. bernieri, the remaining seven being also found in Africa. In winter many of the Palaearctic Anatidae descend far into Eastern Africa. Heuglin includes Anser albifrons, Bernicla brenta, Cygnus olor and C. musicus, Mareca penelope, Dafila acuta, Anas boschas, Querquedula circia and Q. crecca, Chaulelasmus streperus, clypeata, Fuligula cristata, F. marila, F. ferina, and F. Clangula glaucion, (Edemia fusca, and Mergus serrator under category; while Tadorna vulpanser and T. rutila, and probably also Marmaronetta angustirostris and Fuligula rufina, breed in Egypt. III. INDIAN ANATIDAE. In this category again I include only species that are permanent inhabitants of some part of the region. They are not numerous, consisting only of twelve species :- Nettopus coromandelianus. Sarcidiornis melanota. Dendrocycna guttulata. major. arcuata. vagans. Tadorna scutulata. Anas luzonica. pcecilorhyncha. zonorhyncha. gibberifrons. Rhodonessa caryophyllacea. Amongst these there is only one peculiar generic form, Rhodonessa. In winter, however, a host of immigrants from the north invade the Indian Region. Jerdon gives us accounts of upwards of twenty 1 Peculiar to Madagascar. 2 Also found in Madagascar. |