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Show 1876.] NEOTROPICAL ANATlD^l. 377 P.-B. Anseres, p. 90 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 319 (1870); Reinh. Fugl. Bras. Camp. p. 21 (1870) (Lagoa Santa). Canard du Maragnon, Buff. Pl. Enl. 808. Pato cara blanca, Az. Apunt. no. 435. Facie tota et macula gutturali albis; nucha, collo antico, abdomine medio, cauda, dorso postico et alis nigris ; collo postico et humeris castaneis; dorso medio et scapularibus brunneis,plumis singulis ochraceo marginatis; tectricibus alarum olivaceo-nigris; hypochondriis albo nigrocjue transfasciatis : rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 17*0, ala 9*0, cauda 2*5, tarsi 20, dig. med. cum ungue 26, rostri a rictu 2*2 (Descr. exempl. ex Columbia in Mus. S. & G.). Hab. Columbia (Mus. S. fy G.) ; Guiana (Schomb.) ; Rio Brancho (Natt.); Trinidad (Leotaud) ; Upper Amazons (Bartlett) ; Peru (Tschudi) ; Bolivia (If Orbigng) ; Paraguay (Azara); Tucuman (Burmeister) ; Brazil (Maximilian) ; Rio Parana and Cuyaba (Natterer) ; Lagoa Santa (Lund) ; Bahia (Wucherer); Cuba (Gundlach). This species has a very wide range in South America ; but though its casual appearance in Cuba has been recorded, it has never yet been met with in Central America. Commencing from the valley of the Magdalena it spreads over the whole continent, including the island of Trinidad, as far as the vicinity of Buenos Ayres. In Paraguay, Azara saw it in large flocks of as many as two hundred individuals and more. He notes its cry as " bi-bi-bi," which is uttered as it flies at all hours of the night. The members of a flock fly in a straight line or crescent. Genus 2. SARCIDIORNIS. Type. Sarcidiornis, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 20 (1838) . . S. melanonota. This genus appears to be truly Tropicopolitan, and is represented by two or three species or closely allied forms in India, Africa, and America. SARCIDIORNIS CARUNCULATA. "Anas carunculata, 111.," Licht. Abh. Ak. Berlin, 1816-17, p. 176. El Pato crestudo, Az. Apunt. no. 438. Pato de crista, Max. Beitr. iii. p. 942. Anser melanotus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 434. Sarcidiornis regia, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 27 (1847) ; Burm. La Plata- Reise, ii. p. 513 (Tucuman); J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 266 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 339, 1868, p. 532 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 319 ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 129. Hab. Paraguay (Azara); Tucuman (Burmeister); interior of prov. Bahia (Maximilian); Matogrosso and Barra do Rio Negro (Natterer). W e are unable to give a description of this species, as no authentic South-American examples are at present accessible to us. It is therefore not possible for us to give independent testimony as to the identity or distinctness of the birds found in South America, Africa, and India ; but we have good reason to believe that the South- American form is really separable. |