i8 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROLP. 



greenish lustre, especially on the nape; throat mixed with a few white feathers; back, 

 fore neck, breast and flanks with dark rufescent markings. Female: Similar, but di ffers 

 in having more white on the chin; the upper throat much duller; some of the upper 

 and under tail coverts paler rufescent with dusky marks or bands; speculum blackish 

 in female. Length $ 16.00-16.50, wing 7.10-8.00, tail 3.30-3.50, tarsus i. 25-1. 55, 

 culnien i. 38-1. 50, toe i.So-2.00. Hal). Lavsan Island. 



PI. XXII., 8745. 28. A. laysanen'sis'' Rorns. lyaysan Teal. 



Geni-s SPAT'UlvA BoiE. 



Longer scapulars with a white band along the centre part; abdomen deep chest- 

 nut; head and upper portion of the neck deep glossy green; lower neck, breast and 

 outer scapulars white; rump and upper tail coverts dark glossy- green with pale edges; 

 iippci' zcn/o- coffi/s and oiitfr edge 0/ /I/r tico laiigrsi Siapulars pale blue. Foiialc: 

 General color of upper parts brown, each feather edged with a bread reddish margin; 

 throat reddish and unspotted. Yoinio similar to adult female. Length 17.00-21.00, 

 wing 9.00-10.00, culmen 2.60-2.90, width of l)ill at end 1.10-1.20, at base .60, tarsus 

 1. 40-1. 50. Hah. Northern hemisphere. Hawaiian Lslands. ( No specimen in Museum. ) 



29. S. clypea'ta (Lixx.). Shoveller. 



Genus DAFII^A Stephkxs. 



Tail feathers not barred across; centre tail feathers blackish, lateral ones gre^- 

 with pale whitish margins; head dark, hair bjirK'n; a narrow band at the tip of the 

 last row of wing coverts cinnamon (larger, culmen 1.S5-2.25); anterior part of the 

 sides of neck, breast and abdomen greyish white; the breast with ver\- narrow, brown, 

 zigzag bars; head and upper neck hair brown, with a faint gloss on the sides of the 

 occiput. Male: Length 26.50-30.00, wing 11. 10, tail 7.50-9.50, culmen 2.08, tarsus 

 1.80. Feiiniie: vSmaller; tail feathers blackish, barred irregularly across with whitish 

 or ochraceous ; above greyish dusky varied with irregular bars of yellowish white or 

 pale ochraceous, each feather, except on throat, streaked with blackish. Male in first 

 breeding plumage has pale margin to the wing coverts, and most of the feathers of the 

 rump are broadly barred. ) o/ii/g male similar to adult female. Hah. Northern hemi- 

 sphere southward. Hawaiian Islands. 



30. D. acuta Lixx. Pintail, Koloa mapu. 



Gexis CHARITONET'TA Steixeckk. 



Head and upper half of the neck rich metallic green with a purplish gloss on the 

 crown; with a patch of white extending from behind the eye across the occiput; lower 

 neck, lower parts, secondaries and scapulars white; back and upper parts black. 

 Female: Head and neck l)rown with faint gloss, a white patch on cheeks and ear 

 coverts; upper parts blackish brown, darkest on rump; under parts white tinged more 



'■> Dr. Schauinsland's list gives .Xfttiuii crt'cca, Liliti.. Qiienjuedula ciirta, Cuititiiila albt-ola, I.inii., and Mait'ca awt-ricauti {(imel.), from 

 I,a\-san Island. These references are interesting additions to the Hawaiian birds, and are of valnc in the st\idv of distnl>ution. 



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