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402 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Apr. 4, Genus 4. OIDEMIA. Oedemia, Fleming, Phil, of Zool. ii. p. 260 (1822). One species only of this northern group is recorded to have been obtained within our limits. CEDEMIA PERSPICILLATA. Anas perspicillata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 201 (1766). CEdemia perspicillata, Baird, B. of N. A m . p. 806; March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 72 (Jamaica); Scl. et Salv. Nom. Av. Neotrp. p. 130. Hub. Jamaica (Gosse). The Surf-scoter has been obtained in Jamaica, according to Gosse, only once. March also says it is very rare. Genus 5. TACHYERES. rj. Micropterus, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 630 (1831) .. T. cinereus. Tachyeres, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 254 (1875). T. cinereus. This is a peculiar Antarctic type, rather questionably placed with the other Fuligulinae*. TACHYERES CINEREUS. Anas cinereus, Gm. S. N. p. 506 (1788), ex Pernety (Falklands). Micropterus cinereus, Gay, Faun. Chil. p. 457 (1848); Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 96 (Falklands); Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 43; Scl. P.Z. S. 1860, p. 389 (Falklands); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandy Point), 1870, p. 499 (Gallegos river), et Nom. Av. Neotr. p. 130; Cunningham, Ibis, 1868, p. 127. Fuligula cinerea, Schl. Mus. des P.-B., Anseres, p. 13. Anas brachyptera, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 834 ; Q. & G. Voy. Uran. p. 139, t. 39. Micropterus brachypterus, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 144 (1838); Darwin, Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 136 (1841). Oidemia patackonica, King, P. Z. S. 1830-31, p. 15. Micropteruspatachonicus, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 143 (1838) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 46. Tachyeres brachypterus, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 254. Grisescenti-brunneus; pectore, hypochondriis, scapularibus et dorso antico cinereo maculatis ; gutture rufescente; stria post-oculari et fascia alari albis; abdomine toto dare albo; alis et cauda pure griseis, hujus rectricibus duabus mediis elongatis retrorsum curvatis : long, tota 270, ala 10*8, cauda 4*5, tarsi 2*4, dig. med. 4-0, rostr. 2*7. Hab. Falklands (Pernetg, Abbott) ; Magellan Straits (Cunning­ham); Chili, Valdivia (Ph. et Landb.). This peculiar Sea-duck, originally discovered in the Falklanu Islands, is found also on the west coast of S. America, according to Philippi and Landbeck, from the Straits of Magellan as far north as Valdivia in Chili. * Cf. Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 61.