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Show 1876.] NEOTROPICAL ANATID.E. 383 have recognized it. Prince Maximilian tells us (Beitr. iv. p. 932) that he has received examples from Rio Grande do Sul; and Weisshaupt obtained a series of skins during his excursion from Santiago to Mendoza, some of which are in Salvin and Godman's collection. In Chili, where it also occurs, Philippi and Landbeck say that up to the present time this species has not been found beyond the province of Santiago, and that the hunters confound it with Erismatura ferruginea. Genus 6. QUERQUEDULA. Type. Querquedula, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 142 (1824) .. Q. circia. Nettion, Kaup, Nat. Syst. p. 95 (1829) Q. crecca. Cyanopterus, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 130 (1838) .. .. Q. circia. Pterocyanea, Bp. Cat. Met. Ucc. Eur. p. 71 (1842).. Q. circia. Ten Querquedula (under which head we embrace the Teals and Garganeys) occur within the Neotropical region. Of these, two are northern species, which visit the Antilles and Central America in winter; the remaining eight are endemic Neotropical species, one of which, however, has extended its northern range into the southern portion of the Nearctic region. The ten Neotropical Querquedula may be diagnosed as follows :- a. Tectricibus alar. min. cseruleis. Plaga faciei utrinque alba 1. discors. Facie (cum corpore antico) rubra 2. cyanoptera. b. Tectricibus alar. min. fuscis. b'. Pileo et cervicis lateribus in mare rubris 3. carolinensis. c'. Pileo et cervicis lateribus nigro fasciolatis. c". Rostro sup. ad basin flavo. Maj or : interscapulio dorso fere concolori 4. oxyptera. Minor: interscapulio nigro variegato 5. flavirostris. d". Rostro toto nigro 6. andium. d'. Pileo fuscescenti-nigro ; cervicis lateribus albis. Rostro superiore ad basin rubro 7. versicolor. Rostro toto nigro 8. puna. c. Tectricibus alar. min. nigris. Pileo nigro 9. torquata. Pileo fusco 10. brasiliensis. 1. QUERQUEDULA DISCORS. Anas discors, Linn. S. N. i. p. 205 (1766). Querquedula discors, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 149 ; Baird, B. of N. Am. p. 779 ; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1857, p. 228 (Cuba) ; Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 237 (S. Domingo); Scl. P.Z.S. 1857, p. 206 (Jalapa, Mexico), 1859, p. 393, 1860, p. 254 (Mexico) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 231 (Guatemala), et Nomencl. p. 129; Salv. Ibis, 1865, p. 193; Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 389, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 380 (Cuba) ; March, Pr. Acad. Phil. 1864, p. 71 (Jamaica) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 101 (Sombrero), ix. (1868) p. 143 (Costa Rica) ; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 314 (Mexico); Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 97 (S. Domingo) ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 219 (Veragua). |
