209 



12. Anas poecilorliyucha. 



Anas pnecilorhvucha, Forsf. in Penn. Zool. Ind. p. 23, t. xiii. f. 1 



(Ceylon) (1781); Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 8o(), u. 47 (1790); Less. 



Tr. d'Orn. p. 03:3, n. 54 (1831) ; Grmj ^- Hardic. III. Ind. Zool. i. 



pi. 67 (1833-34) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii p. 01.5, u. 2 (184.3) ; id. 



Cat. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. p. 145 (1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. A. 6". 



B. p. 304, n. 1473 (1849); Rchnb. Si/n. ^?'., Natatores, t. 94. 



f. 2348 (1850) {ex Gr. ^- Hardic.) ; Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 136 



(1852) ; Layard, Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. xiv. p. 209 (1854) : ? Licht. 



Nomencl. Av. p. 101 (Kafferland !) (1854) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 510 (Indus) : G. R. Gr. Cat. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. 2nd ed. p. 77 



(1863); Jerd.B. of Ind. iii. p. 799 (1864); Sc/iJeg. Mus. P.-B., 



Anseres, p. 43 (part.) (1866) ; Ugt. Syn. Anat.-p. 94 (1869) ; Sclaf. 



P.Z.S. 1872, p. 729 (Zool. Gard.) ; Gieb. Tlies. Orn. i. p. 360 



(1872) (.syn. emend.) ; Holdsiv. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 479 ; Hume, Str. 



Feath. i." p. 201 (1873); Adam, ibid. p. 402; Legge, Ibis, 1875, 



p. 407 (Ceylon) ; Blyth, B. Burma, p. 165 (.\j-akan, Bhamo, 



Tenasserim) (1875) ; Hume ^- Davis. Str. Feath. iv. p. 489 (1878) ; 



Anders. Yunn. Exped. p. (399 (1879) ; Hume, Str. Feath. vii. 



p. 507 (1879), viii. p. 115. n. 959 (1879) ; Hume ^- Marsh. Game 



B. of hid. iii. p. 168, pi. 22 (1880) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 518; 



Legge, B. of Ceyl. p. 1073 (1880); Rrhnw. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, 



p. "iO; id. Tog. zool. Gdrt. p. 51 (1882); Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. 



Coll. p. 534 (1882) ; Gates, B. Brit. Biirm. ii. p. 283 (1883) : 



Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 431 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mtis. 



Civ. Gen. (2) iv. p. 516 (Bhamo) (1887) ; Trisfr. Cat. Coll. B. 



p. 49 (1889) ; Hume, Xests ^- Fgr/s (Gates' ed.), p. 289 (1890) ; 



Hartert, Kat. TogeUamml. p. 230"(1891). 

 Spotted-billed Duck, Lath. Syn. iii. 2, p. 487, n. 40 (1785). 

 Anas prekilorhvncha, Gin. S. N. i. 2, p. 535, n. 105 (1788) : Bonn. 



Enc. Meth. \'. p. 144, pi. 34. f. 2 (1790) ; Dum. Diet. Sc. Nat. vi. 



p. 379 (1817); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 82, n. 10643 (1871); 



Hume, Nests ^- Egqs Ind. B. p. 643 (1873) ; Bull. Str. Feath. iv. 



p. 29 (1874) ; Hume, ibid. 

 Anas erythrorhyncha, I'ieill. (nee Gm.) X. D. v. p. 108 (part.) (1810). 

 Mareca poecilorhvnclia, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. 2, j). 134 (1824) ; Sykes, 



P. Z. S. 1832, p. 166, n. 218. 

 Anas precilorhyncha, Egt. Mon. Anat. p. 138 (1838); G. R. Gr. 



List B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 1.36 (1844) ; Bjh Compt. Rend, xliii. 



p. 094, n. 67 (1850). 

 Tadorna!'' poecilorhyncha, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xii. p. 221, n. 387 



(1840). 

 ? Chanlelasmus streperus, Stoliczka (n/r auct.), J. A. S. B. xii. 1, 



p. 255 (1872) {cf. Hume, Str. Feath. iv. p. 29). 



Adult male. Upper part of the head and a broad hand from the 

 lores through the eyes to some distance behind them dark brown ; 

 superciliary stripe, sides of the head, and upper part of the neck 

 dull whitish, minutely streaked with dark brown ; throat immacu- 

 late ; back and scapulars greyish brown, each feather edged with 

 pale brown ; lower back, rump, upper and under tail-covurls brown- 

 black ; breast and abdomen fulvous white, spotted throughout with 

 round brown marks well defined ; lower abdomen changing into 

 dark brown ; upper wing-coverts dark grey, with lighter edges ; 

 the last row, or greater ones, with a subterminal white band and 



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