130 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.). 



Anas rubidus Wils., 8, 1814, p. 128, pi. 71, fig. 5. 



M. C. Z. No. 67821. Very probably Wilson's type, although the 

 head is turned to one side, which is not the case in the figure. 



Chen hyperboreus nivalis (Forst.). 

 Anas hyperborea Wils., 8, 1814, p. 76, pi. 68, fig. 5. TVec Anser hyperboreus Pall. 



M. C. Z. No. 67822. Original of Wilson's drawing, without much 

 doubt. 



Chen caerulescens (Linn.). 



Anas hyperborea (Young) Wils., 8, 1814, p. 89, pi. 69, fig. 5. Nee Anser hyper- 

 boreus Pall. 



M. C. Z. No. 67823. Original of Wilson's figure. Supposed by 

 him to be the young of the Snow Goose. 



Branta bernicla glaucogastra (Brehm). 

 Anas bernicla \^'ils., 8, 1814, p. 131, pi. 72, fig. 1. Nee. Linn. 



M. C. Z. No. 67824. Probably the specimen figured by Wilson. 



Phoenicopterus ruber Linn. 



M. C. Z. No. 67825. Wilson's Plate 66, fig. 4 (8, 1814)? Neck 

 difi^erently disposed, and foot uplifted in the figure. 



Ajaia ajaia (Linn.). 



M. C. Z. No. 67826. Wilson's pi. 63, fig. 1, 7, 1813. Even the 

 artificial colours on the bill and bare parts of the head are copied in the 

 figure. This specimen (Peale Mus. No. 3553) was killed in the 

 neighbourhood of Natchez, Tenn. (Wilson, 7, p. 123). 



