54 Director's Annual Report. 



Nettion carolinensis (Gmel.)- Green-winged Teal. 



The single specimen secured on Laysan Island by Dr. Schauins- 

 land and referred to A^cttion crccca, is, so far as I am aware, the only 

 previous record of this species in the entire Hawaiian group. It 

 is not improbable, however, that this teal will be met with on all 

 of the islands sooner or later, in company with other foreign migra- 

 tory ducks. The specimen (B. P. B. Mus. No. 2221) was secured 

 by Mr. Wilder at Kahului, Maui, on January 20, 1892. The skin 

 is that of an old male, having the white bars on the side of the 

 breast and the inner webs of the scapulars vermiculated, thus 

 making it typical A^. carolinensis. I,ength about 14.50, wing 6.90, 

 tail 3.15, tarsus 1.15, toe and claw 1.50, culnien 1.45. 



The specimen secured on I^aysan Island was a female bird, 

 and as it is next to impossible to separate the females of the two 

 species mentioned, and since N. crecca had never been reported 

 from the Pacific coast of America, I suspect Dr. Schauinsland's 

 determination for the bird now in the Bremen Museum to be in 

 error, and that the male bird here recorded is in fact only the 

 second example of N. carolincfisis to be taken in the group. 



Spatula clypeata (lyinn.). Shoveller. 



The Shoveller has long been a regular, though by no means 

 abundant, visitor here, where it is to be found in company with 

 the Pintail. Both species are found frequenting lagoons and marsh 

 lakes pretty generally throughout the group. The male specimen 

 (B. P. B. Mus. No. 2222), secured at Kahului, Maui, Jan. 24, 

 1894, measures: lyength about 21.00, wing 9.90, tarsus 1.50, toe 

 and claw 2.10, culmen 2.65. 



Dafila acuta (I^inn.). Pintail. Koloa Mapu. 



A single mounted bird from Maui. 



Anas wyvilliana vScl. Hawaiian Duck. Koloa Maoli. 



The four specimens, a male, a female and two young in the 

 down, have been mounted in a group. The downy young are dark 

 brown with an olive cast to the plumage over the back of the 

 head, neck and body. The under parts are a very light brown, 

 becoming a pale buff on the abdomen and throat. Sides of the 



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