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Show 1876.] NEOTROPICAL ANATID.E. 373 Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 435; J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 226 (Tucuman) ; La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 514. Dendrocygna fulva, Baird, Birds N. A m . p. 770, t. 63 (FortTejon, Cal.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 301, and 1866, p. 149 ; Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1869, p. 635 (Buenos Ayres), et Nomencl. p. 129; Schl. Mus. des P.-B. Anseres, p. 8 7; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 319 (1870); Burm. P. Z.S. 1872, p. 377 (Buenos Ayres); Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 313 (Mazatlan). Anas virgata, Max. Reise, i. p. 322. Pato roxo y negro, Az. Apunt. no. 436, unde Anas bicolor, Vieill. N. D. v. p. 136 ; Enc. Meth. p. 356 ; Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 28 ; Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 514 (1866) (Trinidad). Anas sinuata, Licht. in Mus. Berol. Anas collaris, Merrem, in Ersch. u. Grub. Enc. sect. i. vol. xxxv. p. 31. Dendrocygna major, Jerdon, Birds of Ind. iii. p. 790 (India) ; Scl. P.Z.S. 1866, p. 148 (Madagascar). Castanea, pilso obscuriore, linea mediali colli postici nigra ; dorso nigro, in parte anteriore castaneo transfasciato ; alis et cauda nigris ; tectricibus alarum minoribus obscure badiis, tectricibus supracaudalibus albis; plumis hypochondriorum elongatis, castaneis, fascia mediali alba nigro utrinque marginata ornatis ; rostro et pedibus nigris: long, tota 18*0, ala 8*5, cauda 2*0, rostri a rictu 2*3, tarsi 20, dig. med. cum ungue 3 0 (Descr. spec, ex Mexico, in Mus. S. & G.). Hab. Mexico (Brisson, Grayson); S.E. Brazil (Max.); Paraguay and Buenos Ayres (Azara, Burmeister) ; Montevideo (Sellow). Dendrocyyna fulva, according to Burmeister, is found in the eastern and northern districts of the La Plata basin, on the rivers Uruguay and Parana, and as far north as Tucuman ; and Azara observed it both in Paraguay and in Buenos Ayres. In the Brazilian empire it was obtained by Prince Maximilian on the river Belmonte and also on the sea-coast near Porto Seguro; but although Burmeister states that it is found throughout Central Brazil, Natterer seems to have failed to secure specimens. It appears, so far as we know, to be absent from the basin of the Amazons and from the whole of the northern portion of the southern continent; nor is it found in Central America or in the West Indies. In Mexico it reappears, and would seem to be by no means rare, occurring from the Rio- Grande frontier and California to Mazatlan and the valley of Mexico. Singular as this distribution is, it is still more remarkable when we consider that there appear to exist no tangible grounds for separating the American bird from that called D. major by Jerdon, which ranges throughout the peninsula of India and is also found in Madagascar ! 2. DENDROCYGNA AUTUMNALIS. Bed-billed Whistling Duck, Edw. t. 194 (West Indies), unde Anas autumnalis, Linn. S. N . i. p. 205 (1766). Dendrocyyna autumnalis, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 109 (1838) |
