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Show 1876.] NEOTROPICAL ANATIDAE. 401 Aythya valisneria, Baird, B. of N. Am. p. 794 ; March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 72 (Jamaica) ; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 198 (Guatemala) ; Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 390, et J. fur Orn. 1875, p. 382 (Cuba) ; Scl. etSalv. Nom. Av. Neotr. p. 130; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 315 (Mexico). Hab. Cuba (Gundlach) ; Jamaica (March) ; Mexico (Grayson) ; Guatemala (Salvin). An occasional winter visitant in Cuba, having been observed by Dr. Gundlach in some numbers in 1839 and 1850. Mr. March says that it is sometimes found in Jamaica in company with the Pintail. Col. Grayson found it at Mazatlan. Salvin once killed a single specimen of the Canvas-back on the Lake of Duenas ; but this is the only instance of its occurrence so far south that we are acquainted with. Genus 3. CLANGULA. Type. Clangula, Fleming, Phil, of Zool. ii. p. 260 (1822) C. glaucion*. Glaucion, Kaup, Nat. Syst. p. 53 (1829) C. glaucion. Bucephala, Baird, B. of N. A. p. 796 (1860) C. albeola. Clangula is another high northern genus, of which two species have been casually met with just within the confines of the Neotropical Region. 1. CLANGULA GLAUCION. Anas clangula et A. glaucion, Linn. S. N. i. p. 201.'' Clangula americana, Cab. J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 230 (Cuba). Bucephala americana, Baird, B. of N. Am. p. 796; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 315 (Mexico). Hab. Cuba (Lembeye) ; Mexico (Grayson). Dr. Gundlach tells us that Lembeye believed he had seen an example of the Golden-eye on a pool in Cuba, but was not able to get it. We observe that Dr. Gundlach omits this species altogether in his * Revista,' and still more recently published notes in the 'Journal fiir Ornithologie' (1875). It may, however, find a place in this paper on the authority of Col. Grayson, who shot it at Mazatlan. 2. CLANGULA ALBEOLA. Anas albeola, Linn. S. N. i. p. 199 (1766). Clangula albeola, Bp. Comp. List, p. 58; Cab. J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 230 (Cuba). Bucephala albeola, Baird, B. of N. Am. p. 797; Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 390, et J. fur Orn. 1875, p. 383 (Cuba). Hab. Cuba (Gundlach). A specimen of this Duck has been once observed in the market of Havana, and was procured by Gundlach. * Fleming, it is true, puts Anas glacialis first in his list; but A. clangula is obviously his'type, and therefore w e do not use Baird's term Bucephala. P R O C ZOOL. Soc-1876, No. XXVI. 26 |