27. ANAS. 211 



HiBEID. 



Anas pcecilorhyivcha x A. hoscns. 

 c'. Ad. St. [In confinement.] T. H. Powell, Esq. [P.]. 



13. Anas zonorhjmcha. 



Anas ])opeilorlivncha, lichnh. (nee Forst.) Si/n. Av., Natatores, t. 111. 

 f. 1081 (184o) ; Temm. .y iic/ilet/. Faun. Jaj)., Aves, p. 126, pi. 82 

 (1850); Ec/mb. Si/n. .4y.. ^'atatores, t. 100. f. 2763 (1850) (e.r 

 Temm. Sf Schler/.) ; Radde, lieis. 8. O.-Sibii: ii. p. 364 (1863) ; 

 6-winh. £. Z. S. 1863, p. a24 (China) ; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 434 (For- 

 mosa) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 66, p. 42 (part., speeim. 3, 

 4, o, Japan) (1866) ; ? Tucz. J.f. 0. 1870, p. 312 (Dauria) ; Humey. 

 ibid. p. 431 (E. Sibir. & Amurl.) ; A. David, ^\ Arch. Mus., Bull. 

 vii. Cat. n. 446 (1871); Dyb.J.f. O. 1873, p. 109 (E. Siberia), 

 1874, p. 336. 



Anas zonorhvncha, Swinh. Ibis, 1866, p. 394 (Niugpo) ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 427 (Canton), 1871, p. 417 (China); G. H. Gr. Hand- 

 list, iii. p. 82, n. 10644 (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. \. p. 365 (1872) ; 

 Sicinh. Ibis, 1873, p. 367, 1874, p. 164 (Habodadi) ; Tacz. Bull. 

 Soc. Zool. Fr. 1877, p. 45 ; David .V Om/. Ois. Chi7ie, p. 496 (1877) ; 

 Blak.Sr Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 213 (Japan); Pijev. Rowley's Om. 

 Misc. iii. p. 103 (S.E. Mongolia) (1878) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, 

 p. 518 ; Rchmc. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 19 : Blah. S^- Pryer, Tr. 

 As. Soc. Jap. X. p. 96 (Kuriles) (1882); Joui/, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 \i. p. 318 (1883) ; Siyan, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 2 (egg) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 

 1888, p. 458 (Corea) ; Seeb/t. Birds Japan. Emp. p. 243 (1890) ; 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. .328, 496 ; Seebh. Ibis, 1892, p. 96 (Tsu-sima) ; 

 De la Touche, ibid. p. 491 (China). 



Adult male. Resembles the male of A. jix'cilorhynclia. Upper 

 part of the head and a broad (>tripe from the lores through the eyes 

 to some distance behind them dark brown ; superciliarj- stripe, sides 

 of the head, and throat whitish ; from the gape towards the eyes a 

 slightly indicated dusky band, formed by dusky streaks ; upper 

 parts brown, the back and scapulars paler, with the edges of the 

 feathers pale greyish ; rump and upper tail-feathers uniform dark 

 brown ; lower part of the fore neck and upper breast dull whitish 

 buff, with the centres of the feathers dusky ; lower breast and 

 abdomen almost uniform brown, deepening into black- brown on 

 the under tail-coverts ; wings brown ; speculum glossy blue, more 

 or less with a green lustre, bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by 

 two velvety black bands ; the tip of the secondaries narrowly edged 

 ■with white ; tertials brown, with only the apical part of the outer 

 web M'hite ; tail brown, the edges of the feathers whitish : bill 

 black, with the apical portion, except the tip of the nail, yellow, 

 no red spots at the base ; feet light bright red, the web slightly 

 dusky ; irides yellowish brown {IJolst). Total length about 2'6 

 inches, wing ll-(i, tail 4'S, culmen 2*2, tarsus 1-75. 



Female. Smaller and paler, the feathers of tlie breast for a greater 

 extension than in the male having broader whitish edges. 



Young. J*aler even than the lemale, with smaller dusky spots on 

 the underparts ; the edges of the upper wing-coverts pale ; a broad 



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