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Show 384 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Apr. 4, Pterocyanea discors, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 516 (Trinidad). Cyanopterus discors, Tayl. Ibis, 1860, p. 315 (Honduras). Hab. Cuba (Gundl.) ; Jamaica (March) ; St. Domingo (Salle, Bryant); Sombrero (Lawr.); Trinidad (Leotaud) ; Mexico, Jalapa and Orizaba (Salle) ; Mazatlan (Grayson) ; Guatemala (Salvin) ; Honduras (Taylor) ; Costa Rica (Lawrence). In Cuba this is the commonest of the North-American migratory Ducks, arriving about the beginning of September and leaving the island again in April. In Jamaica Mr. March says he has never seen the " Bluewings " earlier than November, and that they again appear in full summer-plumage in March and April on their way to the north. This species is likewise met with in the other Antilles, as far down as Trinidad. On the continent, Q. discors has been traced down as far as Veragua, as will be seen by our list of localities. In Guatemala, Salvin found it common in winter, arriving in September and leaving again in March and April. It is met with in the high and low districts alike, chiefly on the lakes. 2. QUERQUEDULA CYANOPTERA. Pato alas azulas, Az. Apunt. no. 434 (La Plata, Buenos Ayres), unde Anas cyanoptera, Vieill. N. D. v. p. 104 (1816), et Enc. Me'th. p. 352 (1823) ; Merrem, in Ersch. & Grub. Enc. sect. i. vol. xxxv. p. 33; Burm. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 226 ; La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 516 (Mendoza) ; Schl. Mus. des P.-B. Anseres, p. 51. Querquedula cyanoptera, Cass. 111. Orn. p. 84, t. xv. (Louisiana, Utah), et Gilliss's Exp. ii. p. 202 (1856) ; Baird, B. of N. Amer. p. 780; Scl. P.Z.S. 1855, p. 164 (BoSota, St. Martha), 1856, p. 310 (Mexico), I860, p. 389 (Falklands), 1867, p. 355 (Chili) ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 96 (Falklands) ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 161 (Falklands) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1869, p. 160 (Buenos Avres), et Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandy Point). Anas caruleata, Licht. in Mus. Berol.; Bibra, Denkschr. Ak. Wien, v. p. 131 (1853) (Chili) ; cf. J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 57; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. v. p. 220 (California). Querquedula caruleata, Gav, Faun. Chil. p. 452 (1848) ; Ph. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 42. Pterocyanea caruleata, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 27 (1847). Anas rafflesi, King, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 97 (1828) ; Jard..& Selb. 111. Orn. t. 23. Cyanopterus rafflesi, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 132 (1838). Bubra, pileo nigro; interscapulio et scapularibus nigro variegatis; dorso postico nigricante ; alarum tectricibus minoribus caruleis; speculo alctri viridi, fascia alba supra marginato; remigibus primariis nigris, secundariorum scapis albo et ochraceo flammalatis; rostro nigro, pedibus flavis : long, tota 18*0, ala 7 6, caudce 30, tarsi 1*3. Fern, supra, nigricans, plumarum marginibus albidis; subtus sordide alba, fusco variegata, |