164 ANATIDJE. 



a. Ad. St. Jamaica. Purchased. 



b. S ad. sk. Cuba. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Pull. sk. Virgin Gorda, W. I., Dec. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(C. /. Winch). 



d. Skeleton. 



e. Sternum. Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. 



[P.]. 



8. Dendrocycna guttata. (Plate I.) 



Anas guttata, Foist. MS. et Mus. Lugd. (Jide Sc/degel). 



Anas guttulata, Temin. {fide Wallace). 



Dendrocygna guttulata, 8. Miill. MS. (fide Selater). 



Dendrocygna guttidata, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 36 (Bouru, Ceram, 

 Celebes); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 300; Eyt. Syn. Anat. p. 66 

 (1868) ; DAlb. ^- Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 839 (Hall 

 Bay) (1875) ; SaUad. ibid. viii. p. 386 (Bouru) (1876) ; Rams. Pr. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 395 (1876) ; licJmw. Orn. Centralbl. 



1882, p. 23. 



Anas punctata, " Temm.p Finsch, Keu-Guin. p. 183 (1865) (Halma- 

 hera, Batchian). 



Dendrocygna guttata, Schleg. Mus. P.-JB., Anseres, p. 85 (1866) 

 (descr. princeps) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 176 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list. 

 iii. p. 79, n. 10612 (1871) ; Wald. Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 102 (1872) ; 

 Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 31 (1875) ; Rosenb. Reist. naar Geelvinkb, 

 p. 3 (1875) (Ternate) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 49 

 (1876); D'Alb. Sydn. Mail, 1877, p. 248; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 X. pp. 19,20(1877) ; ic?. 76?'*', 1877,p. 372; Sharpe,Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 Zoo/, viii. p. 505 (1877); Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p. 279 (Celebes), 

 p. 324 (Goram), p. 407 (Temate) (1878-79) ; Rams. Pr. Limi. Soc. 

 N. S. W. iii. p. 301 (1878), iv. p. 102, n. 210 (1879) ; UAlb. Sf 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 134 (Yarru I.) (1879) ; D'Alb. 

 Nuova Guin. pp. 193, 451, 519, 585, 588 (1880) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1883, pp. 52, 200 (Larat, Timorlaut) ; Bias. J. f. O. 1883, p. 140 

 (Celebes); Finsch, Vog. d. Sildsee,)). 29 (1884)"; Forbes, P. Z. S. 



1884, p. 434 ; Bias. J.f. O. 1890, p. 146 (Mindanao) ; Salvad. Agg. 

 Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 210 (1891) ; Meyer Sf Wiglesw. J.f. O. 1894, 

 p. 253 (Talaut I.). 



Dendrocygna arcuata, Rosenb. {nee Ctiv.) Reis naar ZuidoostereiL 



pp. 54 (Aru), 82, 83 (Kei), 101 (Goram) (1867). 

 Dendrocygna vagans, Rosenb. {nee Eyt.) Malay. Archip. p. 373 



(1878-79); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 668 (1879). 

 Dendrocycna guttulata, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 509 ; Tristr. Cat. 



Coll. B. p. 51 (1889). 

 Dendrocycna guttata, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 401, n. 3 



(1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 388 (1882) ; id. Agg. Orn. Pap. 



e Mol. p. 210 (1891). 



Adult. Upper part of the head dark brown ; a black line along 

 the hind-neck ; back and wings dusky brown ; the feathers of the 

 back, scapulars, and wing-coverts edged with pale brown ; lores 

 brown ; superciliary stripe, sides of the head, and upper part of the 

 neck greyish, with dusky cross-lines, giving a mottled appearance ; 

 chin and throat uniform whitish; lower part of the neck dusky 

 with white spots ; rump brown ; upper tail-coverts black, the basal 

 ones broadly barred with white ; upper breast rufous-brown, each 



