254 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



Hah. — Eastern North America, especially along the Atlantic coast, 

 from Labrador to Texas; Iowa, Kansas, Cuba. (Coues.) 



Usually visits Bermuda in small numbers in the autumn, remaining 

 till the end of January or even later. A flock of twenty frequented 

 Harrington Sound and Peuiston's Pond from Christmas, 1871, to Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1872 (J. M. Jones). Specimens were obtained by Lieutenant 

 Denison and myself in January, 1875, when there were a good many 

 alDout. They are always very shy, and when disturbed frequently fly a 

 long way out to sea. 



Genus Dafila, Leach. 



144. Dafila acuta, (Linn.) Bp. Pintail. 



Anas acuta, Linn., Gm., Lath., Temm., Boie, Licht., Less., Flem., Brehm., 

 Wagl., Jen., Keys. & Bias., Degl., ScM., Wils., Bp,, Nutt., And., Gir. 



Dafila acuta, Bp., Gray, Gosse, Reich., Cass., Bd., Cab., Scl., Heerm., Coop. ^ 

 Suck., Newton, Hayd.,Jerd., Cooes, and authors generally. 



Querquediila acuta, Selby. 



Anas sparmannii, Lath. 



Anas caiidacuta, Pall., Leach. 



Dafila caudacuta, Steph., Gar., Eyt. 



Querquediila caudacuta, Macgill. 



Anas longicauda, Briss., Brehm. 



Anas caudata, Brehm. 



Dafila acuta, var. americana, Bp. 



Length, 30-, wing, 11; tail, 8.60; tarsus, 1.75. 



Hah. — North America and Europe ; breeds chiefly in high latitudes ; 

 in winter south to Panama ; Cuba. (Coues.) 



Several specimens were obtained, all in immature plumage, in the 

 winter of 1847-'48. Mr. Bartram has a male in full plumage, shot by him- 

 self near St. George's. A female was shot by Gibbs in Smith's Marsh 

 on the 26th October, 1875, as recorded by Lieutenant Denison, Eoyal 

 Engineers. 



Genus Chaulelasmus, Gray. 



145. Chaulelasmus streperus, (Linn.) Gray. Gadwall. 



Anas strepera, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils., Temm., Boie, Bp., Steph., Flem., 

 Brehm., Nutt., Aud., Naum., Keys. & Bias., Gir., De Kay, Schl., Degl., Swin., 

 and of most earlier authors. 



Anas {Chauliodus) strepera, Sw. & Rich., Gen., Sw. 



Chauliodus strepera, Sw., Eyt. 



Chaulelasmus streperus. Gray, Bp., Gosse, Reich., Bd., Heerm., Jerd., CoueSi 

 Dress., and of authors generally. 



Querquedula strepera, Macgill. 



Anas strepera americana, Maxim. 



Chaulelasmus americana, Bp. , 



Length, 22; wing, 10.50; tarsus, 1.64. 



