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Show 676 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Apr. 4, (I860) et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 375 (Cuba) ; Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. (1866) p. 70 (Inagua); Schl. Mus. des P.-B. Anseres, p. 84 ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 73. Black-billed Whistling Duck, Edw. Glean, t. 193. Canard Siflieur de la Jama'ique, Buff. Pl. Enl. 804. Anas jacquini, Gm. S. N. i. p. 536, ex Jacquin, Beitr. p. 5. n. 3(1). Fusco-brunnea, capiteochracescentiore, nucha cum stria collipostici nigra, torque collari nigro variegata ; dorsi plumis et tectricibus alarum marginibus pallidioribus oruatis, his quoque nigro maculatis ; subtus gutture toto albo, pectore fulvescente, abdomine, preecipue in hypochondriis, albo nigroque variegato ; dorso postico et cauda nigris; alis cinereis, remigibus fusco terminatis ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 18*5, cauda 3 0, rostri a rictu 22, tarsi 2*5, dig. med. cum ungue 2*8 (Descr. exempl. ex Jamaica in Mus. Brit.). Hab. Cuba (Gundlach) ; Jamaica (Gosse, March) ; St. Croix (Newton fr.). This Tree-duck is a resident in Cuba, where, according to Dr. Gundlach, it is common. It is said to rest during the day and to visit the lagoons towards dusk. It nests from June to September. Mr. March remarks that is a permanent resident in Jamaica, frequenting the lagoons and morasses where mangroves abound, and feeding by night as well as by day. The habits of this species in Jamaica are also fully described by Mr. Gosse (I.e.). Numerous flocks frequent the millet-fields in Jamaica from December to the end of February. They are described as beating down the corn as they descend in compact flocks, and then picking the grain from the ears trampled under foot, which they cannot otherwise reach as it stands erect. In this manner they do a considerable amount of damage. The species is easily tamed, but does not appear to breed in confinement. In St. Croix the Messrs. Newton state that the " Mangrove- Duck " is pretty common ; but they are unable to say for certain whether it breeds in the island. It is more often heard than seen, its habit being to resort to its feeding-ground at night and to rest during the day in the recesses of the mangrove-swamps. 5. DENDROCYGNA VIDUATA. Anas viduata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 205 (1766) ; Jacquin, Beitr. i. p. t. i. ; G m . S. N. i. p. 536 (1788) (Carta°ena) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 132(1823) ; Max. Beitr. iv. p. 921 (Brazil); Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 434. Dendrocygna viduata, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 110 (1838) ; Cab. in Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 762*; Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 28 ; Tsch. F.P. p. 54; D'Orb. Voy. i. p. 448 ; Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 515 (Tucuman); J. f. Orn. 1*860, p. 266 ; Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 388, J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 377 (Cuba); Scl. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 299; Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 509 (1866) (Trinidad) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 200 (Ucayali), 1869, p. 160 (Rep. Arg.), et Nomencl. p. 129 ; Schl. Mus. des |
