66 AXATID.E. 



(1889) ; Hartert, Kat. Vofjehamml. p. 227,11.3973 (1891) ; Sibree, 



Ibis, 1892, p. 270; Rchmv. I'og. Deutsch. Od-Afr. p. 27 (189-4). 

 Microcygna niadagascariensLs, Ilurtl. Erst. Nachtr. Voyelsamml. p. 10, 



n. 217 (1846) {hcc G?«.). 

 ? Nettapiia coromaudeliauus, Anderss. (interior of S. Africa, fide 



Hartl. Orn. Westufr.T^.'lAl); Gum. in Anderss. B. DamaraLand, 



p. 337 (note) (1872). 

 Nettopus madagas:ariensis, 8\ind. Meth. nnt. Ai\ disp. Tent. p. 140 



(1872) ; llchmo. Vdy. d. Zool. Giirt. p. o8 (1882). 

 Nettopu.s auritus, Hclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 50.5. 

 Nettapus auratus (errore), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 601 (Lamu). 

 Anserella aurita, Rvlmic. Orn. CentraM. 1882, p. 22. 



Adult male. Forehead, sides of the head, and a collar roiind the 

 neck white ; top of the head, a band along the hind neck, back, rump, 

 upper -wing-covcrts, scapulars, and tertials dark glossy green ; ear- 

 coverts and sides of the nape pale yellowish white, encircled ante- 

 riorly and below by a crescentic black band ; lower part of the neck 

 all round, sides and flanks bright cinnamon ; breast and abdomen 

 white ; vent and under tail-coverts black ; on tlie lower part of the 

 hind neck the cinnamon feathers with green-black undulated 

 lines ; upper tail-coverts with steel-blue gloss ; quills and tail- 

 feathers black ; the tips of the anterior greater wing-coverts and 

 some of the median secondaries white, forming a conspicuous 

 speculum ; under wing-coverts black : " iris dark brown ; bill bright 

 yellow [with the nail blackish] ; feet black " {E. Neivton). Total 

 length about ll'o inches, wing 6-1, tail 3'4, culmen 1, tarsus 0-9. 



Female. Similar to the male, but duller ; the white of the fore- 

 head and sides of the head dotted with black ; no distinct yellowish 

 patches on the sides of the head and no crescentic black band ; the 

 green feathers of the back and upper tail-coverts freckled with 

 obsolete rufous lines ; lower hind neck more distinctly banded with 

 rufous : bill with " the upper mandible dusky olive, with a green:sh- 

 olive patch on the lower part of the base, and a small livid spot on 

 each side of the nail "' {Aiidersson). 



Hah. Madagascar, and Africa, from Natal to the Zambesi on the 

 east, and from Damara-laiid to the Senegal on the west. 



a,b. S 2 fid. sk. West Africa. 



r. cT ad. st. West Africa. Purchased. 



d. S ad. sk. Lagos. Sir A. Moloney [P.]. 



e (^ inun. sk. Maw. A. G. Baxter, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 f a. 6 2 ad. sk. Lamu. F. .1. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 h, i. S 2 ad. sk. Zambesi. Dr. Bradshaw [C.]. 



k-n. d ad. etimm., Zambesi (Bradshaw). Shelley Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 

 0. S ad. sk. Znlu-land, July (Gordye). Shelley Coll. 



n, q. (5 2 ad. sk. Natal, Dec. (Gueinzins). Purchased. 



r 9 ad. sk. Putchefstroom, June (Ayres). J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 , C c5 2ad.sk. Matabele-lanci. W. E. & C. G. Gates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



