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LAMELLIROSTKAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. 



Genus PELIONETTA, Kaup. 



Pelionetta, Kaup, Entw. Europ. Tljieivv. 1829, 107 (type, Anas perspicillata, Linn.). 



Char. Feathers on the fcn-ehead extending in a broad striji nearly or quite as far as the poste- 

 rior end of the nostrils, but those of the lores not advancing forward of the rictus, the lateral base 

 of the maxilla in the adult male greatly swollen, and with the basal outline convex, nail very 



7-*. perspicillata, 



large and broad, but narrowed terminally. No white on the wing, but the head with large Avhite 

 patches (indistinct in the female and young). 



Except in the form of the bill, as described above, this genus very closely resembles Melanetta 

 and CEdemia, but is sufiiciently distinct. Only one species is known. 



Pelionetta perspicillata. 



THE SURF DUCK. 



Anas perspicillata, Linn. S. N. od. 10, I. 1758, 12.^ ; ed. 12, L 1766, 201. — WiLs. Am. Orn. VIII. 



1824, 49, pi. 67. 

 Fidifjula (Oidcmia) perspiicillata, Bonap. Syiio|.. 1828, 389. — Nurr. Man. II. 1834, 416. 

 Oidemia perspicillata, Stephens, Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 1824, 219. —Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 



449. 

 CEdemia perspicillata, CouES, Key, 1872, 294; Check List, 1873, no. 518; 2d ed. 1882, no. 739; 



B. N. "W. 1874, 582. 

 Pelionetta perspicillata, Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. viii. — Baiud, B. N. Am. 1858, 806 ; Cat. N.Am. B. 



1859, no. 602. — Ridgw. Xom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 633. 

 Fuligula pcrsjncillata, AuD. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 161, pi. 317 ; Synop. 1839, 289 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 



337, ijI. 402. 

 Pelionetta Trmcbridgii, BAinn, B. N. Am. 1858, 806 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 603. 

 CEdemia 2}erspicillata, var. Trowhridgii, CoUE.s, Key, 1872, 295 ; Check List, 1873, no. 518 a. 

 (Edemia perspicillata, b. Trowbridgii, CouES, B. N. W, 1874, 582. 

 CEdemia perspicillaia Trowbridgii, Cones, Clieck List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 740. 



