ANSERINE — THE GEESE — DENDROCYCNA. 



481 



C, Crissum black. 



4. D. viduata.' Breast and lower neck (all round), rich chestnut ; sides pale fulvous or 

 yellowish white, barred with blackish ; abdomen black ; ibrei)art of head white ; rest of head and 

 upper part of neck black, with a white patch on the foreiieck. Hub. Southern South America. 



Dendrocycna autumnalis. 



THE BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK. 



Anas autumnalis, LiNN. S. N. I. 1766, 205 (based on the Red-billed Whistling Duck, Edwards, pi. 



194 ; West Indies). 

 Dendrocygna autumnalis, Eyton, Monog. Anat. 1838, 109. — Baihd, B. X. Am. 1858, 770; Cat. N. 



Am. B. 1859, no. 574. — Coues, Key, 1872, 284 ; Check List, 1873, no. 487 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 



706 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 558. —ScL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, 374 {monographic). 

 Dendrocycna auttimnalis, PaoGW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 599. 



Hab. Middle America and southwestern border of United States ; West Indies. Replaced 

 in South America by the D. autumnalis discolor. 



Sp. Char. Adult : Pileum, neck, back, scapulars, jugulum, and breast cinnamon-brown ; the 

 forehead paler, the occiput passing posteriorly into black (which is continued in a narrow stripe 



D. autumnMlis. 



down the nape), and the dorsal region more ferruginous. Head and upper part of the neck, except 

 as described, pale ochraceous-ashy. Abdomen, flanks, rump, and lining of the wing deep black, 

 abruptly defined against the cinnamon of the breast ; crissum white, spotted with black. Lesser 

 wing-coverts light cinereous, overlaid h\ an ochraceous-olive wash ; middle coverts purer ash ; 

 greater and primary coverts pure white, the lower feathers of the latter dusky ; secondaries, pri- 



^ Dendrocycxa viduata. 



Anas viduata, Lixx. S. N. I. 1766, 205. 



Dendrocygna viduata, Eytox, Monog. Anat. 1838, 110. — ScL. & Salv. Xom. ISTeotr. 1873, 129 ; 



P. Z. S. 1876, 376 (monographic). — Coues, B. X. W. 1874, 559 (synonymy). 

 Canard du maragnon, Buff. PI. Enl. 808. 

 Pato caro bianco, Azara, Apunt. III. 1805, no. 435. 

 Hab. South America in general ; Cuba. 

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