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Show 530 MR. P. L. SCLATER O N T H E [June 15, Genus ERISMATURA. 3. ERISMATURA LEUCOCEPHALA (Scop.). White-headed Diving- Duck. Erismatura leucocephala, Gould, B. Eur. vii. t. 383. Hab. S.E. Europe. 4. ERISMATURA MOCOA, Smith. Mocoa Diving-Duck. Erismatura mocoa, Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool., Aves, tt. 108, 109. Hab. Lakes of South Africa. 5. ERISMATURA RUBIDA (Wils.). Ruddy Diving-Duck. Erismatura rubida, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 403. Hab. North and Central America. 6. ERISMATURA AUSTRALIS (Gould). Blue-billed Diving-Duck. Erismatura australis, Gould, B. Austr. vii. t. 17. Hab. Australia. 7. ERISMATURA FERRUGINEA, Eyton. Ferruginous Diving-Duck. Erismatura ferruginea, Scl. et Salv. P. Z.S. 1876, p. 404. Hab. Antarctic America. 8. ERISMATURA DOMINICA (Linn.). Dominican Diving-Duck. Erismatura dominica, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 405. Hab. West Indies and Central and South America. Genus NESONETTA. 9. N E S O N E T T A AUCKLANDICA, G. R. Gray. Auckland-Islands Diving-Duck. Nesonetta aucklandica, G. R. Gray, Voy. Erebus & Terr., Birds, p. 31, t. xvii. Hab. Auckland Islands. I. Subfam. VIII. MERGANETTIN^. The Torrent-Ducks of the Andes of South America are allied to the Lake-Ducks and to the Mergansers, but seem to be most naturally arranged as a separate family. None of the three known species have yet been introduced into living collections. 1. MERGANETTA ARMATA, Gould. Chilian Torrent-Duck. Merganetta armata, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 406. Hab. Rivers of the Andes of Chili. |