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Subgenus FULIX Sundevall. 



Fulix Sundevall, Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl., 1835 [1836], 129. 

 Type by subs, desig., Anas niarila Linnaeus (Baird, Brewer, and Ridg- 

 way, 1884). 



Nyroca affinis (Eyton). Lesser Scaup Duck. 



Fuligula affinis Eyton, Monogr. Anatidae, 1838, 157. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Melbourne (Stratum 2), Itchtucknee 

 River, Seminole Field, Venice, and cave deposits near Lecanto, Florida. 



Genus GLAUCIONETTA Stejneger. 



Glaucioneiia Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, 1885, 409 [Oct. 3]. 

 Type, by orig. desig., Anas clangula Linnaeus. 



Glaucionetta islandica (Gmelin). Barrow's Golden-eye. 



Anas islandica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. ii, 1789, 541. 

 INIodern form reported from Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Genus CHARITONETTA Stejneger. 



Charitonelta Stejneger, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 29, 1885, 163. Type, 

 by orig. desig.. Anas albeola Linnaeus. 



Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus). Buffle-head. 



Anas Albeola Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 124. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Genus CLANGULA Leach. 



Clangula Leach, in Ross, Voyage Discovery, 1819, App., xlviii. Type, by 

 monotypy, Clangula glacialis = Anas hyemalis Linnaeus. 



Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus). Old-squaw. 



Anas hyemalis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 126. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Genus HISTRIONICUS Lesson. 



Histrionicus Lesson, Manuel d'Orn., II, 1828, 415. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Anas histrionica Linnaeus. 



