262 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Given by authors as occurring in Cuba ; by some, claimed to 

 have been introduced. 



Genus Anas Linn. 



Anas Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. I, loth ed. p. 122, 1758; ib. 12th ed. p. 194, 

 1766. 



Anas strepera Linn. 



Anas strepera Linn. Syst. Nat. I, ipth ed. p. 125 (175S) ; ib. 12th ed. 

 p. 200 (1766). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 72 (Jamai- 

 ca). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 113 (1S81). 



C^«M/t/rt5;«/« .<;/rc/f;-«5 GossE,Bds. Jam. p. 408 (1847). — Gundl. Repert. 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p 389 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. 381 (Cuba). 



Anas sireperus Cory, ListBds. W. I. p. 30 (1885). 



Cuba and Jamaica in vs^inter. 



Anas boschas Linn. 



Anas bosckas'L.n^s. ?)yst. Nat. I, p. 305 (1766). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 



408 (i8^7).— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 122 (1859) 



(Bahamas) ; ib. Brewer, p. 308 (i860) (Cuba).— March, Pr. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64, p. 72 (Jamaica).— Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. 



Cuba, I, p. 388 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S75, p. 378 (Cuba).— Cory, Bds. 



Bahama I. p. 184 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 30 (1885).— Wells, 



ListBds. Grenada, p. 10 (18S6). 

 Anas boscas A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 113 (iSSi). 



Accidental in Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Grenada. 



Anas obscura Gmel. 



Anas obscura Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 541 (1788).— Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 408 

 (1847).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 72 (Jamaica). 

 —A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 113 (1881).— Bd. Bwr. & 

 RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. W. Bds. I, p. 499 (1S84) (Cuba.?).— Cory, 

 Revised List Bds. W. I. p. 30 (1S86). 



Anas fulvigula? Cory, ListBds. W. I. p. 30 (1885). 



Cuba? Jamaica. 



It is uncertain whether the Dusky Duck which, it is claimed, 

 occurs in Jamaica, is Anas fulvigula Ridgw. or this species. 

 Both occur in Florida. 



Anas maxima, described by Gosse (Bds. Jam. p. 399, 1S47), 

 is supposed to be a hybrid. 



