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 462. Cairina moschata (L.). 



Atiaa moseliata Linn., Sijsl. Nat. Ed. X. (1758) p. 1J4 (ludia* et domest. (ex Gesner) Albin., etc.) 



Altagracia : c? 26. iv., ? ? 8. i. '98, '.>. xii. '97. 

 Quiribana de Caicara : 27. iv. '98. 



"Eye seal-brown (raw umber) ; bill black ; feet black." 

 (Nos. 9111, 9587, 1082.^, 10849 Cherrie coll.) 



Mr. Andre says it is called in Venezuela " Pato real." It is common on the 

 t'aura River, and perches frequently on trees. 



463. Dendrocygna discolor Scl. & Salv. 



Deudroci/gim discolor Scl. & Salv,, Xoinenol. ai\ Neotr. (1873) pp. 129, lljl (ex Venezuela, etc.). 



Altagracia: Sd 7,9, 11, 18. (bis) xii. ; ? ? ad. 27. xi.,11,16. xii. '97,26. i. '98; 

 (?c?,iuv. 21. xii. '97 (bis). 



" Eye seal-brown ; feet whitish flesh-colour ; bill pinkish vinaceous ; naildnsky 

 nile-bliie." 



(Nos. 8674, 8909, 9080, 9112, 9148, 9149, 9150, 9243, 9289, 9336, 9337, 9842 

 Cherrie coll.) 



One female (26. i. '98) has tlie black abdomen mixed with small whitish spots, 

 and the young male (21. xii. '97) with a blackish bill show no black whatever on 

 the belly, which is of a uniform brownish white. 



One adult male (no. 9080) has the upper part of the back rufous, only merging 

 into greyish near the npjier border of the dee|) rufous-cliestnut upj)erside. The 

 chest is also much more chestuutrufous, and this specimen stands tlius somewhat 

 in the middle between IK uutumiidUs and ]>. tliscolor. 



464. Alopochen jubatus (Si)ix). 



Aiiser juhatns Spix, Ar. Brnx. II. (182.'i) p. 84. tab. 108 (insula Praya das On§.i.s ad ripaui fl. 

 Solimoes). 



Altagracia : c?c? ad. 7, 10, 25,28. xii. '97, 3, 14. i. '98 ; ? ? 4, 29. xi., 18. xii. '07, 

 5. i. '98 (bis). 



" Iris seal-brown ; feet vermilion (dark crimson) ; bill black, reddish at angle 

 of commissure (black above tip, below base pnrplish black colour). 



(Nos. 8454, 8910, 9079, 9242, 9290, 9386, 9433, 9434, 9489, 9524, 9525, 9690 

 Cherrie coll.) 



465. Nettion brasiliense (Gm.) 



Anas hrasiileiisis Gm., Sijst. Xnt. I. 2 (1788) p. 517 (? , ex Brasilia). 



Quiribana de Caicara: J ¥ ad. 30. iv. '98. "Iris seal; feet vermilion; bill 

 dark maroon in the itiale, black in the female." 

 (Nos. 10891, 10892 Cherrie coll.) 



* We substitute Brasilia. 



