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Show 1876.] NEOTROPICAL ANATID.E. 385 gutture albo nigro punctulato; alarum tectricibus et speculo sicut in mari. Hab. Andes of Columbia (Mus. S. G.) ; St. Martha (Verreaux); Chili (Ph. cy Landb.); Buenos Ayres (Azara ty Burm.) ; Magellan Straits (Cunningh.) ; Falklands (Abbott). This Duck, first discovered by Azara, has a very wide range in the New World, from the extreme south up to California on the west, and occurs accidentally in Louisiania. It was found by Azara only in the Rio de la Plata and Buenos Ayres ; but Burmeister observed it at Mendoza and on the Parana, in lagoons and rivers. Philippi and Landbeck say that it is frequently met with throughout the republic of Chili; and Dr. Cunningham obtained specimens in the Straits of Magellan. It seems not to be very common in East Falkland, though Capt. Abbott shot seven in one day at Mare Harbour. But it most probably breeds in these islands, as pairs were observed throughout the summer months. In the eastern part of South America (that is, in Brazil, Amazonia, and Guiana) we do not find the occurrence of this Duck noticed; but it is certainly met with in the Andes of Columbia and on the northern littoral of Venezuela, and probably keeps to the line of the Andes. It has not yet been recorded from any part of Ceutral America ; but will probably be ultimately found there, as it is not uncommon in the Western United States and has occurred accidentally in Louisiana. 3. QUERQUEDULA CAROLINENSIS. Anas carolinensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 533 (1788). Querquedula carolinensis, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 148 ; Baird, B. of N. Amer. p. 777 ; Jard. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xx. (1847) p. 377 (Tobago) ; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1857, p. 228 (Cuba); Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 65 (Honduras); Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 215, 1859, p. 370, 1860, p. 254 (Mexico) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis. 1859, p. 231 (Honduras); Nomencl. p. 129. Nettion carolinensis, March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 72 (Jamaica) ; Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 389, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 381 (Cuba); Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc, N. H. ii. p. 314 (Mexico). Hab. Cuba (Gundl.); Jamaica (March) ; Tobago (Kirk) ; Mexico (Salle, De Oca, Grayson); Honduras (Dyson). The Green-winged Teal of the North-Americans occurs on passage in Cuba, but is rare. In Jamaica it is sometimes seen in autumn, but more generally in the spring. A single immature specimen was sent to Sir W . Jardine from Tobago by Mr. Kirk, who says that the species arrives in that island in October and November and departs iii March or April. In Mexico it has been obtained at Mazatlan, Orizaba, and Jalapa. Leyland procured examples of it many years ago in Honduras, on the Aloor river. This is its furthest continental range to the south yet known to us. 4. QUERQUEDULA OXYPTERA. Anas oxyptera, Meyen, Nov. Act. xvi. Suppl. p. 121, t. 26 (1833) (South Peru). P R O C ZOOL. Soc-1876, No. XXV. 25 |