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Show 392 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Apr. 4, p. 227 (Cuba) ; Scl. P. Z.S. 1857, p. 206 (Jalapa, Mexico); et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 231 (Guatemala), et Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 130 ; March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 71 (Jamaica) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y.viii. p. 13 (Panama), et ix. (1868) p. 143 (Costa Rica); Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 314 (Mexico); Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 388, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 378 (Cuba). Hab. Cuba (Gundlach) ; Jamaica (March) ; Mexico, Jalapa (Salle); Mazatlan (Gray son) ; Coahuaha (Xantus); Belize (Salvin) Guatemala, Duenas (Salvin) ; Costa Rica (Lawrence) ; Panama (M'Leannan). In Cuba the Pintail is very common on passage during the winter and autumnal months. It also occurs in Jamaica in numbers as a winter visitant. It was seen at Belize by Salvin, and is a common visitor to the Lake of Duenas in winter. Its furthest recorded locality south appears to be the isthmus of Panama, where M'Leannan found it. 2. DAFILA SPINICAUDA. Pato cola aguda, Az. Apunt. no. 429 (Buenos Ayres), unde Anas spinicauda, Vieill. N. D. v. p. 135 (1816) et Enc. Meth. p. 356; Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 515; Schl. Mus. de P.-B. Anseres, p. 39. Erismatura spinicauda, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 27 ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 321 (1870). Dafila spinicauda, Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 665, t. xxxviii. (Chili) Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 146 (Rep. Arg.), 1869, p. 157 (Tinta, Peru), et Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 130. Anas oxyura, Meyen, Nov. Act. xiv. Suppl. p. 122 (1833) ; Merrem, Ersch. & Gruber's Enc. sect. i. vol. xxxv. p. 43 ; Gay, Faun. Chil. p. 449 (1848); Cassin, Gilliss's Exp. ii. p. 202(1856); Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 515 (Mendoza) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 335 (Chili); Ph. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 41. Dafila urophasianus, Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, p. 389 (Falklands); Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 160 (Falklands). Bafila sp.? Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandy Point). Anas caudacuta, Burm. J. fiir Orn. 1860, p. 266 (Mendoza). Supra fusca, plumis in centro nigricantibus fusco circumdatis; pileo late rufescente nigro punctulato ; alis extus fuscis, alari amplo ceneo-nigro, fascia lata cervina utrinque ; subtus pectore et hgpochondriis cum, crisso rufescentibus, plumis in centro nigris ; gutture sordide albo parce nigro ; ventre albo in parte inferiore fusco obsolete varieyato rostro nigro, mandibula ad basin utrinque flava ; pedibus plum-beis: long, tota 19*0, ala 9*7, cauda rectr. med. 5*5, ext. rostri a rictu 2*3, tarsi 1*6. Fem, mari similis. Hab. S. Brazil, S. Paulo (Natt.) ; Monte Video (Sellow) ; Buenos Ayres (Azara, Hudson) ; Rio Parana et Mendoza (Burm.) ; Magellan Straits (Cunningh.); Falklands (Abbott) ; Chili (Phil, et Landb.); S. Peru, Tinta (Whitely). This Pintail has a wide distribution in Antarctic America, extend- |