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Show 174 COUNT SALVADORI O N ANAS CAPENSIS. [Mar. 4, give the synonymy, description, and the geographical distribution, with what is known of the habits of this species. QUERQUEDULA CAPENSIS. (Plate XIII.) Cape Wigeon, Lath. Syn. iii. 2, p. 519. n. 64. Anas capensis, Gm., S.N. ii. p. 527. n. 98. (1788) (ex Latham), Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 861. n. 73 (1790); Vieill. Nouv. Diet. v. p. 154 (1816); Id. Enc. Meth. p. 148 (1823) ; G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 616, n.13 (1845); Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 101 (1854); Pelz. Novara-Reis., Vog. p. 138 (1865) ; Chapman's Travels in South Africa, App. p. 422 (1868) ; G. R. Gray, Hand-list, iii. p. 82, n. 10,640 (1871); Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. B. p. 534, no. 2602 (syn. emend.) (1882). Mareca capensis, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. 2, p. 139 (1824) ; Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 351 (1867) ; Gum. in Andersson, B. Damara, p. 339 (1872). Anas larvata, Cuv. MS. Mus. Paris (du Cap, Delalande); Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 634, n. 72 (1831) (descr. nulla) ; Pucher. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1850, p. 549 (descr.); Hartl. Jour. f. Orn. 1855, p. 419. Querquedula capensis, Smith, Cat. S. Afr. Mus. (MS.); Eyt. Mon. Anat. p. 128 (1838); G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 616, n. 15 (1845) ; Boc. Orn. Aug. p. 502 (1881). tAnas assimilis, Forst. (ed. Licht.), Descr. Anim. p. 46 (1844) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B,, Anseres, p. 59 (1866) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 344 (syn. emend.) (1872) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 364 (notes) (1877). Querquedula larvata, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 650, n. 99 (syn. emend.) (1856); Boc. Jorn. Ac. Sc. Lisb. 1871, p. 278,1872, p. 20. Capite et collo albidis, nigro punctulatis ; gula immaculata ; dorso summo fulvo-nigro maculato ; uropygio et supracaudalibus albido-rufescentibus, nigro maculatis; pectore summo albido, nigro fasciolato ; gastrao reliquo albido, obsoletefusco maculato; lateribus et axillaribus fusco maculatis; scapularibus remigi-busque primariis griseo-fuscis, illis rufescente marginatis; tectricibus alarum fusco-griseis ; speculo atari nitidissimo viridi, nigro circumdato, antice, inferius et postice late albo marginato rectricibus griseis, albo marginatis; rostro rubro-purpureo ad basin nigro ; pedibus ochraceo-fuscis ; iride flava. Long. tot. circa millim. 450 ; alta 200 ; cauda 80 ; rostri 39 ; tarsi 38. Hab. in Africa, ad Caput Bona? Spei (Latham, Forster, Delalande, Smith, Verreaux, Zelebor, Layard) ; Namaqua (Andersson); Damara (Andersson); Mossamedes (Anchieta), Rio Coroca (Anchieta) ; Shoa (Antinori). As said above, I have had the opportunity of examining four specimens of this Teal, two males and two females, collected in Shoa by the late Marquis Orazio Antinori; the females are not different from males, one of which has been figured in the accompanying drawing (Plate XIII.). Antinori notices the naked parts as follows : - " Iris yellow ; bill purplish red, with the base black ; feet dark ochraceous." But others describe them a little differently. Layard says:-" Bill red, the base black ; legs reddish, the webs dusky, claws black." |