23, DENDKOCYCNA. 



155 



almost -white ; back and scapulars black, with the edges bright 

 rufous-chestnut, on the upper back the black part of the feathers 

 with rufous spots or bars ; rump black ; median upper tail-coverts 

 black, the lateral ones buffy white, more or less spotted with black ; 

 breast pale rufous, each feather with black dots or crescent-like 

 spots in the middle, and shading into the bright rufous-chestnut 

 of the abdomen ; lower abdomen and the under tail-coverts whitish 

 buff, the latter uniform, but the abdomen with brown spots ; the 

 feathers of the flanks with broad mesial buffy white streaks, edged 

 with black ; lesser and median wing-coverts bright chestnut, the 

 greater ones, quills, and tail black : irides brown ; bill blackish or 

 dark ashy ; tarsi and feet dark ashy. Total length about 17 inches, 

 wing 8"5, tail 2-8, culmen 1*7, tarsus 1-85. 



Femah similar. 



Hab. Philippines, Celebes, Borneo, Java, Timor, Sumba, Moluccas, 

 New Guinea, Australia, Xew Caledonia, and Fiji Islands. 



a, b. Ad. st. 



c. 2 juv. sk. 



d, e. c? ad. et 

 juT. sb. 



/. cJ ad. sk. 



g. h. cJ 2 ad. sk. 



i, k, /. 2 ad. et 



cJ 2 juv. sk. 

 7)1, n. c? ad. et 



2 juv. sk. 

 0. 2 ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 

 J. cS ad. sk. 



r, s. (S ad. sk. 

 t, u. cJ ad. sk. 



V. cJ ad. sk. 



w. Ad. sk. 



.r. Ad. sk. 



y. Ad. sk. 

 s. 2 ad. sk. 



a', b', c'. Ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 d', e. Ad. sk. 

 /', ff'. 2 ad. sk. 



et ad. St. 

 h'. Ad. sk. 

 i', k'. Ad. sk. 



r. Ad. sk. 



Manilla, Philippine Is. Cuming Coll. (Type 



of Dendrocygna vayuns, Eyton.) 

 Catbalogan, Samar, April. E. L. Moseley, Esq. 



Twee'ddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



E. L. Moselev, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 E. L. Moselev, Esq. 



[C.l. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 (Type of Ilorsfield's plate, Zool. Res. pi. 65.) 

 Java (Horsjfield). India Museum [P.]. 



(One of the tvpes oi Anas javanku, var. (i, Horsf.) 

 E. Timor (A. R.'W.). Tweeddale Coll. 



E. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Australia. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Cebu, March, April {A. E. 



Everett). 

 S. Leyte, Sept. (A. E. E.). 

 Amparo, July (A. E. E.). 

 N. Bohol, Oct., Nov. {A. E. E.). 



Siquijor, Feb. 



Zamboanga, April (A. E.E.). 

 N. Mindanao {A. E. E.). 

 Malimaui, Nov. 



Menado, N. Celebes. 

 Makassar. 



Makassar {A. R. Wallace). 



Java (Horsfield). 



Lawrence R., Australia {Irving'). 

 Port Essinjrton. 



New Caledonia. 

 Viti Levu, Fiji Is., Sept. 

 D. Macilonald). 



{J. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Voyage of H.M.S. 



'Alert.' 



Kandi, Fiji Is. {E. L. Layard). Seebohm Coll. 



