184 ABTATID^. 



Anas picta, Vieill. {nee Gm.) N. D. v. p. 132 (New Zealand) (1816) 

 {ex Cooke). 



Bernicla variegata, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. 2, p. 59 (1824). 



Casarka castaiiea, Eyt. Mon. Anat. p. 108, pi. 19 ( ? ) (1838) ; id. 

 Syn.Anat.^.62 {imQ). 



Anas cheneros, Forst. Icon, ined, t. 67 ; id. Descr. An. (ed. Licht.) 

 p. 92 (1844) ; Licht. ibid, (note) (=A. variegata, Gm.). 



Casarea variegata, G. R. Gr. in Dieff. Trav. ii. App. p. 198 (1843) ; 

 id. List B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 133 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 613, n. 3 

 (1845) ; G. R. Gr. Zool. Ereb. ^ Terror, Birds, p. 15, pi. IQ{6) 

 (1846); Rchnb. Syn. ^w.,Natatores, p. 94. f. 2351 {ex Ereb. ^ 

 Terror) (1850) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 101 (1854) ; Haast, 

 RejMrt, p. 136 (1861) ; id. Ibis, 1862, p. 101 ; G. R. Gr. Ibis, 1862, 

 p. 240; Layard, Ibis, 1863, p. 245; Bidler, Essay Orn. N. Zeal. 

 p. 18 (1865) ; Hector, Neto Zeal. E.rh. p. 277 (1865) ; Finsch, 

 J.f. O. 1867, p. 336, 1870, p. 356 ; Potts, Tr. 8r Pr. N. Z. Inst. 

 ii. (1869) p. 71 (1871) ; Hutton, Ibis, 1870, p. 398 (Auckland) ; 

 id. Cat. B. New Zeal. p. 35 (1871) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 80, 

 n. 10623 (1871) ; Trovers, Tr. Sr Pr. N. Z. Inst. iv. (1871) pp. 206, 

 207 (1872) ; Finsch, J.f. O. 1872, p. 184; Potts, Tr. ^- Pr. N. Z. 

 Inst. V. p. 199 (1873) ; Buller, Hist. B. Keio Zeal. p. 241, pi. 25 

 (d2) (1873); HarmeBroicn, Ibis, ]874, p. 96 (egg); Finsch, 

 J. f. O. 1874, p. 202 ; Sha)-pe, Zool. Ereb. ^- Terr., Birds, App. 

 p. 31 (1875) ; Buller, Man. B. Neiv Zeal. p. 67, pi. xxix. (1882) ; 

 Finsch, Ibis, 1882, pp. 400, 401 ; ? Layard, ibid. p. 542 (New 

 Caledonia) ; Buller, Hist. B. Neiv Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 264, pi. xliii. 

 (1888); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 50 (1889); Smith, Trans. ^ Pr. 

 N. Z. Inst. xxi. 1888, p. 222 (1889) ; Buller, Trans. ^ Pr. N. Z. 

 Inst. XXV. 1892, p. 63 (1893). 



Casarea castanea, Bj). Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 649, n. 48 (1856). 



Arser variegata, EUman, Zool. 1861, p. 7471. 



Tadorna variegata, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 191, pi. xix, 1866, pp. 78, 

 149, 1869, p. 629, 1880, p. 512; id. List Vert. An. 8tli ed. p. 429 

 (1883); Rogeron, Bull. Soc. Acclim. 1885, pp. 151-173; Sclat. 

 Ibi.% 1888, p. 410 (note) ; Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 228 

 (1891). 



Vulpanser variegata, Rchmc. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 36 ; id. Voff. 

 zool. Gdrt. p. 62 (1882). 



Nettalopex variegata, Hein. Sc Rchmc. Norn. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 343 

 (1890). 



Adult male. Head and upper part of the neck glossy black ; 

 back, scapulars, breast, and sides black, waved and freckled with 

 narrow grey lines and points ; upper tail-coverts deep black ; 

 middle of the abdomen chestnut-brown, waved across with black 

 lines ; under tail-coverts pure rich chestnut ; upper and under 

 wing-coverts, with the axillaries, white : primaries black ; second- 

 aries shining green on the outer web, forming a bright speculum ; 

 tertials have the outer web chestnut, becoming paler towards the 

 tips, and their inner webs dark cinereous, freckled with grey ; tail 

 black : " irides and biU black ; feet greyish black " {Buller). 

 Total length about 24 inches, wing 14-5, tail 6, culmen 1*7, 

 tarsus 2-6. 



Adult female. Head and upper part of the neck pure white ; 

 lower part of the neck, back, scapulars, breast, and abdomen chest- 



