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Show 526 MR. P. L. SCLATER O N T H E [June 15, that it has ever bred in our Gardens, but it has done so in ornamental waters, such as Knowsley and Kew Gardens (1880). Three Pochards bred at Knowsley were sold at the sale in 1851. 8. FULIGULA AMERICANA, Eyton. American Pochard. Fuligula americana, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 400. Hab. Nearctic Region. W e have not yet received living examples of this close ally of our Pochard. 9. FULIGULA VALISNERIA, Wils. Canvas-backed Duck. Fuligula valisneria, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 400. Hab. Nearctic Region. Never yet introduced alive into Europe, so far as I know. 10. FULIGULA NYROCA (Gould). White-eyed Duck. Nyroca leucophthalmos, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. 21. Hab. Western Palaearctic Region. The White-eyed Duck is an old inhabitant of our Gardens, but does not occur in the first list. I can find no evidence of its having bred pure; but it hybridized in 1851, and some of the following years either with the Pochard or Tufted Duck. Dates of Hatching of Cross-bred Castaneous Ducks. 1851. June 24th. 1855. July 12th. 1856. July 1st. 1860. June 15th. b. Species AVthiopicce. 11. FULIGULA CAPENSIS (Less.). Cape White-eyed Duck. Anas capensis, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 632 (1831). Nyroca brunnea, Eyt. Anat. t. 23, p. 161 (1838). Hab. South Africa. A single female of this little-known Duck was purchased by the Society at the Knowsley sale in 1851, and lived many years in the Gardens. c. Species Neotropicee. 12. FULIGULA NATIONI, Scl. et Salv. Nation's Pochard. Fuligula nationi, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 522; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 477, t. xxxii. Hab. Western Peru. d. Species Australiance. 13. FULIGULA AUSTRALIS (Gould). Australian White-eyed Duck. Nyroca australis, Gould, B. Austr. vii. t. 16. Hab. Australia. Not known alive in Europe. |