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1776.— Anas falcariaV ALU. , l\ii\i<. Ruks. Rtich, III (p. 701).— Temm. «fe SCHLEG., P'aim. 



Jap. Av. (p. — ) (1819).— Swixii., Ibis, 18G1, p. 345.— irf., ibid., 1862, p. 



25i.—Id., P. Z. S., 18U3, p. ■SiA. — Qiierqaedida /. Blakist., Ibis, 1862, p. 332. 

 lSW. — Quer(iuedula multicolor SwiNii., Ibis, 18(50, p. 67 {nee SCOPOLI?). 



List of specimens obtained. 



No. 89112.— Iris dark liazol. Bill uniform horny black. Feet delicate light olive gray, with yellow- 

 ish tinge on the scutellse of the tarsus; joints darker grayij^h; webs and under side blackish brown. 

 Contents of stomach, leaves of plants. 



No. 92839. — BUI blackish gray, witli an olivaceous tinge. Feet, middle gray, joints darker, webs 

 blackish. Tip of middle claw — legs being stretched backwards— 20""" beyond tii^ of tail. Extremely 

 fat. Testes large, swollen. Oesophagus contained grass. 



The Falcated Teal {Kassatoj Selesemi of the Eussians), perhaps the 

 prettiest species of the whole group, is a reguhir summer visitant to 

 Kamtschatka, but seems not to be very numerous. During my trip to 

 Petropaulski in the spring of 18S3 I obtained several adult males, but 

 it must be remembered that the rivers and lakes were not open yet, and 

 that snow covered the grountl everywhere, so that the ducks which had 

 already arrived were compelled to await the opportunity of getting at 

 their summer resorts, therefore congregating in large numbers at the 

 mouths of the rivers. 



It has been observed on Bering Island during the spring migration, 

 and a few pairs may perhaps even breed, for instance, in the upper part 

 of Kamennij Valley, but it is at all events a very rare bird there. A sin- 

 gle specimen, a beautiful male, was procured on the 4th of June, 1882. 



68. Mareca penelope (Lin.). 



1758. — Anas penelope Lix., Sy.st. Nat., 10 ed., I, ]>. 126. — Pall., Zoogr. Ross. As., II, p. 

 251 (18-.i6).— NOROMAXN iuEriDau's Verz., Th. PlL, p. 18 (1835).— Temm. &. 

 SCHLEG., Fauu. Jap Av. (p. 127) (1849).— Middexd., Sibir. Ri-is., II, 2 (p. 

 229) (1853).— KiTTL., Donkw., II, p. 292 (1858).— Schuexck, Reis. Amiiil., 

 I. p. 471 (I860).— Radde, Reis. Sud Ost-Sibir., II (p. 36:5) (1863).— 

 SwiXH., P. Z. S., 1863, p. 321.— Pkzew., Putescli. Ussnr. (n. 199) (1870).— 

 Blak., Ibis, 1876, p. 335.— Iflreia p. Cassix', Exp. Jap. Perry, III, p. 231 

 (1857).— Swixn., Ibis, 1861, p. 345.— W., ibid., 1867, p. 399. — /</., ibid., 1870, 

 p. 366.— /d., ibid., 1875, p. 457.— «., P. Z, S., 1871, p. 418,— Blakist., Ibis, 



