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Show 1876.] NEOTROPICAL ANATIDAE. 399 Judging from the description of Prince Maximilian, his Anas erythrophthalma (Beitr. iv. p. 929), as already suggested by Salvin (Ibis, 1874, p. 319), would appear to be very closely allied to the present species, if not identical with it. The male, as described, seems to be in immature plumage. The female agrees tolerably well with that of the present bird. Prince Maximilian obtained his two specimens of A. erythrophthalma in a small lake near Villa de Belmonte, in S.E. Brazil, in the month of November. No subsequent travellers seem to have recognized the species so far north. The Rosy-billed Duck has been successfully introduced into Europe, and has bred on more than one occasion in our Gardens. In the 'Proceedings' for 1870 (l.s. ci) Sclater has given an account of it, and figures of both sexes from the living birds. Genus 2. FULIGULA. Type. Branta, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564 (nee Scop.). . F. rufina. Fuligula, Stephens, G. Z. xii. pt. 2, p 187 . . F. rufina. Callichen, Brehm, Vog.Deutschl.p. 921 (1831) F. rufina. /Wwr, Sund. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1835, p. 129(1836) = Fuligula. Nyroca, Fleming *, Phil.of Zool.ii.p.260(1822) F. leucophthalma. Aythya, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564 F. ferina. Marila, Reichenb. Nat. Syst. p. ix. (1852) . . F. ferina. Fuligula, as here considered, is a purely northern form, of which five species occur in winter within the Neotropical Region. 1. FULIGULA MARILA. Anas marila, Linn. S. N. i. p. 196. Fuligula marila, Stephens, Zool. xii. p. 198. Fulix marila, Baird, B. N. A. p. 791 ; Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 315 (Mazatlan). Hab. Mazatlan, Mexico (Grayson). Col. Grayson found the Scaup near Mazatlan in the winter months. 2. FULIGULA AFFINIS. Fuligula affinis, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 157 (1838); Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 408; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 231 (Guatemala) Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 219 (Veragua). Fulix affinis, Baird, B. of N. A m . p. 791 ; Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 390, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 382 (Cuba); Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. (1868), p. 143 (Costa Rica) ; March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 71 (Jamaica); A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 366 (St. Croix); Scl. et Salv. Nom. Av. Neotr. p. 130; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 210 (Yucatan), et Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 315 (Mexico). Fuligula mariloides, Cab. J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 230 (Cuba). Fuligula marila, Jard. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xx. 1847, p. 377 (Tobago) ; Le'ot. Ois.Trin. p. 522 (1866) (Trinidad). Hab. Cuba (Gundlach); Jamaica (March); Tobago (Kirk); * Fleming puts Anas ferina first on the list; but A. nyroca should be considered his type, if that bird is separated from Fuligula. |