258 ANATID^. 



This species is very similar to N. fjibherifrons and to the female of 

 N. castaneum, but it differs in having the sides of the head darker 

 and more uniform brown, with the darker streaks almost obsolete ; 

 besides it has a ring of white feathers round the eyes, and the first 

 secondary with the outer web entirely or broadly edged with 

 white. 



Hab. Andaman Islands. 



a-e. (f ? ad. sk. S. Andamans, Feb. (E. G. Tweeddale CoU. 



W. R.). 

 f, g. 2 ad. et juv. S. Andamans, May, Dee. Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. {R. J. Wimberley). 



h. $ ad. sk. S. Andamans, April (R. Hume CoU. 



J. W.). 

 i, k, I. (S ad. sk. Port Mouat, S. Andamans, Hume Coll. 



April ( W. Davison), 

 in. S ad. sk. Port Blair, S. Andamans, Tweeddale Coll. 



May (R. J. W.). 

 n-r. cS 5 ad. sk. Port Blair, S. Andamans, Hume Coll. 



March to May ( W. Davison 



4" R. J- Wimberley). 

 -S-. 2 ad. sk. Port Blair, S. Andamans, R. Bowdler Sharpe, 



June {R. J. W.). Esq. [P.]. 



t-y- 6 2 ad. sk. Dungleaf Creek, Andamans, Hume Coll. 



Jan., Dec. ( W. Davison). 

 z. Ad. sk. Andamans. Hume Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 



7. Nettion bernieri. 



? Sarcelle de Madagascar, Sganzin, Notes stir les Mamm. et tOrn, de 

 Madag. p. 48 {Mim. Soc. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. de Strasb. 1840). 



Querquedula bernieri, J. Verr. MS. in Mus. Vindob. et Paris ; 

 Hartl. J. f. O. 1860, p. 173 ; id. Orn. Beitr. Faun. Madag. p. 82 

 (Madagascar) (1861) (type examined) ; Poll. N. T. D. i. p. 327 

 (1863) ; Vinson, Voy. a Madag. p. 308(1865); Verr. ibid. Ann. B, 

 p. 4 (186.5). 



Anas bernieri, Vinson, in Dupre, Trois mois a Madag. p. 262 (1863) ; 

 Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 363 (1877) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 619 ; 

 Salvad. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 175 ; Pelz. u. Lor. Ann. k. naturh. 

 Hofmus. iii. p. 68 (1888) ; Sibree, Ibis, 1892, p. 270. 



Anas assimilis, part., Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 59 (1866) ; id. 

 (nee Forst.) P. Z. S. 1866, p. 426 (N.W. Coast of Madagascar) ; 

 Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 344 (1872). 



Dafila vinsoni, Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 87 (Mada- 

 gascar), p. 255 ( = D. bernieri). 



Dafila bernieri, Grand. I. c. p. 255. 



Querquedula gibberifrons. Grand, (nee S. Miill.) Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 

 1868, p. 6 (Madagascar). 



Anas gibberifrons, Schleg. 8f Poll, [nee S. Midi.) Rech. Faun. Madag., 

 Ois. p. 160 (1868). 



Anas capensis, part., G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii, p. 82, n. 10640 (Mada- 

 gascar) (1871). 



Anas gibberifrons, var. bernieri, Milne-Edio. ^ Grand. Ois. Madag, 

 p. 726, pis. 270 (bird, bad), 271 (skeleton), 271 a (osteology), 275, 

 f. 3 (head) (1882). 



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