226 



'-v". J $ ad. 

 juv. sk. 

 ■". cJ ad. sk. 



et 



x" . S ad. sk. 



^", «". cJ ad. St. et 



$ ad. sk. 

 a^-d?. c? $ ad. sk. 



e\P- 6 2 ad. sk. 

 y. ?c? juv. St. 



/*l c? ad. .St. 

 «'. c? ad. sk. 

 k\ $ ad. sk. 

 /^. (f juv. sk. 



m^. 5 juv. sk. 

 rfi. Juv. sk. 

 ■0^. cj ad. sk. 

 /j\ d" juv. sk. 



<?^-6^ d $ ad. et 

 juv. sk. 



<■'. S ad. sk. 

 <^?'. d juv. sk. 



**,/',/. c?$ ad. 

 sk. 



h\ i\ k\ Pull. St. 



IK Pull. St. 



7;i*. Skeleton (im- 

 perfect). 



h\ Sternum and 

 shoulder-eirdle. 



Native Sikhini, Feb., March, 

 Nov. (i. Mandelli). 



Dipur Bheel, Assam, Feb. 

 {A. W. Chennell). 



Dinapore, Jan. 



Deccan [Sykes). 



Shanghai, March {R. Sivin- 



hoe). 

 Yokohama, Jan. (S. Fryer) . 

 Behring Straits. 



N. America. 

 Vancouver Island. 

 West side Rocky Mts. 

 49th Parallel. 



Warner Lake, Oregon, Sept. 



Washoe Lake, Nevada, Nov. 



Mississippi Valley, April. 



San Antonio, Texas, winter 

 (H. E. Dresser). 



Corpus Christi, Texas, Oct., 

 Dec, .Jan. {F. B. Arm- 

 strong) . 



Los Angeles, California. 



Presidio, Mexico, Feb. {A. 

 Forrer). 



Zacatecas, Mexico, April 

 ( W. B. Richardson). 



No locality. 

 Nepal. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum [P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Capt. Kellett & Lieut. 

 Wood [P.]. 



J. E. Grav, Esq. [P.]. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



N. America Bound- 

 ary Comm. [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Zool. Soc. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Chaulelasmus couesi. 



? Anas strepera, Jorsf. Desw. An. p. 156 (Tahiti) (1844); Hartl. 



Wiegm. Arch. 1852, i. p. 136. 

 Chaulelasmus strepera, var. {?), G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 5o 



(Society Islands, New Caledonia !) (1859). 

 Chaulelasmus couesi, Streets, Bidl. Nutt. Orn. Cluh, i. p. 46 (Washing- 

 ton and New York Islands) (1876) ; id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



no. 7, p. 21 (1877) ; id. Amer. Nat. xi. p. 68 (1877) : Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1880, p. 520 (Fanning Islands) ; B., B., ^ R. Waler-B. N. Am. i. 



p. 505 (note) (1884) ; Wiglesiv. Ares Polyn. p. 70 (1891) ; A. Neivt 



Diet, of B. i^t. i. -p. 298 (1893). 

 Anas couesi, Seebh. Hist. Br. B. iii. p. 531 (1885). 



Only known fi'om immature specimens. 



It is " presumed that the adults will show the peculiar vermicu- 

 lated appearance of C. streperus." The immature birds " resemble 

 the immature condition of C. sireperus so closely that one description 

 of the coloration would answer for both species ; but C. couesi is 



