240 ANATID^. 



ff". Larger, -wing 8 70 inches ; ab- 

 domen iinspotted, and like the 

 under tail-coverts pale greyish 

 white ; scapulars with small black 

 spots and broad rufescent edges. . oxyptertim, p. 262. 

 g"^. Bill wholly dark, without any yellow, andkon, p. 263. 

 f". Speculum black, with no metallic- 

 green band (jeorgiciim, p. 264. 



b. Upper wing- coverts not dark grey. 



c . Upper wing-coverts brassy green : size small, 



wing 6"20 inches pttnctcitum , p. 26-j. 



d' . Upper wing-coverts velvety black. 



e". Axillaries white; a white patch or broad 



band at the tip of the secondaries .... hrasiliense, p. 266. 

 f. Axillaries black ; a white patch above 

 the tip of the anterior gi-eater wing- 

 coverts torquatum, p. 268. 



1. Nettion formosum. 



Anas formosa, Georgi, Reise Huss. Beich. p. 168 (177o) ; Gm. S. N. 

 1. 2, p. 523, n. 92 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Oni. ii. p. 876, n. 108 (1790) ; 

 VieUl. N. D. Y. p. 168 (1810) ; Dum. Diet. Sc. Nat. vi. p. 393 

 (1817) ; Hartl. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 119 (1844) ; Sc/deg. Rev. Crit. 

 p. 109 (1844) ; Tennn. 4- Sclileg. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 127, tab. 82 B 

 ( d ), 82 C ( $ ) (1850) ; Schleg. Mm. P.-B., Anseres, p. 54 (1866) 

 (svn. emend.); Gieb.Th^s. Oni. i. p. 351 (1872) (svn. emend.); Seebk. 

 Ibis, 1888, p. 351 (Great Liakoff I.) ; Tacz. F. Z. S. 1888, p. 460 

 (Corea) ; Seebh. B. Jap. Emp. p. 244 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 96 

 (Tsusima) ; Campb. ibid. p. 245 (Corea). 



Anas glocitans, Fall. Act. Stockh. xl. pp. 26, 33, t. 1 (1779) ; Gm. 

 S. N. i. 2, p. 526, n. 96 (1788) (svn. emend) ; Lat/i. Ltd. Orn. ii. 

 p. 862, n. 75 (1790) (svn. emend!) ; Bo7ui. Enc. Meth. i. p. 128, 

 pi. 36. f. 4 (1790) ; Fail. Zoogv. Rosso-As. ii. p. 261 (1811) ; Dum. 

 Diet. Sc. Nat. vi. p. 375 (1817) ; Less. Compl. Buff., Ois. ix. 

 p. 536 (1837); id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 722 (pai-t.) (1838); 3Iidd. 

 Sibir. Reis. ii. p. 230, tab. xxiii. ii'. 1, 2 (eggs) (1853) ; Sivink. 

 F. Z. S. 1863, p. 324; id. Ibis, 1867, pp. 231, 394 (Amov) ; 

 Frzew. Voy. n. 200 (1867-69) ; Taez. J.f. 0. 1870, p. 312 (Dauria) ; 

 Homey, ibid. p. 431 ; A. David, N. Arcli. du Mus., Bull. vii. Cat. 

 n. 451 (1871). 



Baikal Teal, Lath. Syn. iii. 2, p. 557, n. 97 (1785). 



Anas baikal, Bonn. Enc. Meth. i. p. 158 (1791). 



Querquedula torquata, Messerschm. Orn. MS. viii. n. 196 {fide Fall. 

 Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 261) (1811). 



Anas picta, Steller, Obs. MS. {fide Fallas, I.e.). 



Querquedula formosa, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. 2, p. 151 (1824) ; Eyt. 

 Man. Anat. p. 124, pi. ii. f. 2 (trachea) (1838) ; Striekl. F. Z. S. 

 1842, p. 168; Bp. Cat. Met. Ucc. Eur. p. 71, n. 436 (Eur. Or.) 

 (1842) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. M?is. iii. p. 137 (1844) ; Bp. Rev. 

 Crit. Orn. Eur. p. 103 (1850) ; Gerbe, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 

 p. 12 (France) ; Selat. F. Z. S. 1867, p. 818 (Zool. Gard.) ; Degl. ^^ 

 Gerbe, Orn. Eur.ii. p. 523 (France) (1SG7); Eyt. Syn. Anat. p. 77 

 (1869) ; Sharpe Sf Dress. B. of Eur. vi. p. 521 (svn. emend.), 

 pi. 428 (pt. 1, 1871) ; Hume, Sir. Feath. vii. p. 494 (India) (1879), 

 Tui. p. 115, n. 966; p. 494 (Sidtanpore) (1879) ; Sclat. F. Z. S. 



