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Show 1876.] NEOTROPICAL ANATIDAE. 361 In Cuba A. hyperboreus seems to be a regular annual visitant, and is common, remaining in the island from October until the end of March. It has only been observed in Jamaica when the winter in the north has been severe. 2. ANSER CERULESCENS. *£ Anas carulescens, Linn. S. N. i. p. 198 (1766). Anser carulescens, Elliot, B. of N. Am. t. 43; Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. (1866) p. 70 (Inagua). Chen carulescens, Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 387, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 374 (Cuba). Hab. Inagua, Bahama Island (Bryant) ; Cuba (Gundlach). Dr. Bryant reports that, some years before his visit to Inagua in 1859, a flock of this Goose visited the island, when every individual was killed by the inhabitants. Dr. Gundlach, who maintains the distinctness between this bird and A. hyperboreus, says that it is of rare occurrence in Cuba, but that it arrives along with the migratory flocks of the allied species. 3. ANSER GAMBELI. Anser gambelii, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 7 ; Baird, B. of N. Am. p. 761 (1858); Cab. J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 226 (Cuba); Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 387, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 375 (Cuba) ; Lawr. Mem, Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 313 (Mazatlan). Hab. Cuba (Gundlach) ; Mazatlan (Grayson). Not common, but not so rare in Cuba as A. carulescens, where, however, it is stated to be a regular winter visitant, remaining in the island from October till the end of March. Col. Grayson obtained it near Mazatlan, N.W. Mexico. Genus 2. BERNICLA. Type. Bernicla*, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563 B. torquata (= B. canadensis). Chloephaga, Eyton, Mon. Anatidae, p. 13 (1838) B. magellanica. Tanidiestes, Reich. Nat. Syst. d. Vog. p. ix (1852) B. antarctica. Chlcetrophus, Bannister, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1870, P- 131 B. poliocephala. Oressochen, Bannister, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1870, p. 131 B. melanoptera. Bernicla is a widely extended form, with four or five representatives in North America, of which one reaches the Neotropical region as an * Some attempts have recently been made to revive Branta of Scopoli (Ann. I. H. N. p. 67) for this genus. But Branta of Scopoli is an artificial group composed of species which have no sort of natural affinity, and is therefore to be cancelled. Besides Branta is generally used for Fuligula rufina, and it would create great confusion to substitute it for the universally accepted term Bernicla. |