300 LAMELLIEOSTRES. 



Anas boscas. 



1447. Bones ol" a iiuvvly htitcheJ iiestliiio;. O. C 1263 d. 



fnrcJiased. 



1448. Bones of trunk of '' Rouen Duck,"c? (weight 7 lb. 3oz.). 



Bred by Mr. C'rowburst of Canterbury. 0. C. 1263 C. 

 Presented hij Sir Joseph Fayrer. 



Anas obscura. 



Anas ohscurd, Gmelin, Syst. Xat. ii. p. 541 (1788) ; Baird, Brewer, 

 & Ridgway, Watcr-Birds X. Amer. i. p. 499 (1884). 



The Black Mallard or Dusky Duck. 



Hab. Eastern North America, west to Utah and Texas, north 

 to Labrador. 



1449. Sternnni, with shoulder-girdle, of female. 



From the Zoological Society/. 



Genus QUERQUEDULA. 



Stephens, Gen. Zool. xii. pt. 2, p. 142 (1824). 



Querquedula crecca*. 



Anas crecca, Linnaeus, Syst. Xat. i. p. 204 (1766). 



Querquedula crecca, Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 507, pi. 426 (1871). 



The Common Teal. 



IJah. Europe and Northern Asia. 



1450. Skeleton (toes defective). 0. C. 1263 b. 



Yarrell Collection. 



1451. Sknll. O.C. 1270 b. Received in exchange. 



1452. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. S. S. 



2025. Stores. 



1453. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. From Nepal (no. 618). 



Presented by B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



* Cf. Eyton, Monogr. Auat. pi. to p. 37 (.■•keletun) ; A. B. Meyer, Abbild. 

 Vogel-Skelet. i. pi. txiv. 



