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Show 1880.] SPECIES OF ANATID.E. 527 14. FULIGULA NOV^E-ZEALANDI^; (Gm.) New-Zealand Scaup. Fuligula novce-zealandice, Bull. B. N. Zeal. p. 259. Hab. New Zealand. Not known alive in Europe. Genus HYMENOL^EMUS. 15. HYMENOLJEMUS MALACORHYNCHUS (Gm.) Blue Duck. Hymenolcemus malacorhynchus, Bull. B. N. Zeal. p. 262. Hab. New Zealand. A single example of this rare Duck was obtained from the Acclimatization Society of Melbourne in 1876, but did not live long. (See P. Z. S. 1876, p. 463.) Genus CLANGULA. 16. C L A N G U L A GLAUCION (Linn.). Golden-eye. Clangula glaucion, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 31. Hab. Northern Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions. Exhibited first in 1832 or thereabouts, and frequently obtained subsequently, but has not bred with us, nor, so far as I know, elsewhere in captivity. 17. CLANGULA ISLANDICA (Gm.). Barrow's Golden-eye. Clangula islandica, Elliot, B. N. A. ii. t. xlvi. Hab. Iceland and Arctic America. Not known in captivity. 18. CLANGULA ALBEOLA (Linn.). Buffel-headed Duck. Bucephala albeola, Baird. B. N. A. p. 797. Hab. North America. Not known in captivity. Genus COSMONETTA. 19. C O S M O N E T T A HISTRIONICA (Linn.). Harlequin Duck. Histrionicus torquatus, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 32. Hab. Circumpolar regions. Not known in captivity. Genus HARELDA. 20. H A R E L D A GLACIALIS (Linn.). Long-tailed Duck. Harelda glacialis, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 33. Hab. Circumpolar area. Not known in captivity. Genus HENICONETTA. 21. H E N I C O N E T T A STELLERI (Pallas). Steller's Duck. Eniconetta stelleri, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 25. Hab. North Palaearctic Region and Western America. Not known in captivity, I believe. |