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13. Nettion punctatum. 



Anas punctata, Burch. Travels, i. p. 2B3 (note) (1822) ; G. R. 

 Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 616, n. 21 (1845) ; Neivt. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 649 

 (note). 

 Querqviedula hottentota, Smith, Cat. S. Afr. Mus. p. 37, n. 327 

 (1837) (descr. nulla); Eyt. Mon. Aimt.' ^. 129 (Oranpre Eiver) 

 (1838) ; Smith, III S. Afr. Zool., Aves, pi. lOo (1845) ; G. R. Gr. 

 Gen. B. iii. p. 616, u. 8 (1845) ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 650, 

 n. 101 (1856) ; Gum. Ibis, 1862. p. 154 (Natal); Layard, B. of 

 S. Afr. p. 353 (1867) ; Boc. Jorn. Acad. So. Lish. 1867, p. 329; 

 Gum. Ibis, 1808, pp. 262, 471; Chapm. Travels in S. Afr. il 

 App. p. 442 (18(58) ; Grand. Rev. et Maq. de Zool. 1868, p. 5 

 (Madagascar) ; Eyt. Si/n. Anat. p. 83 (1869) ; Neict. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 049 (note) ; Buc. Jorn. Acad. Sc. Lishoa, 1872, p. 70 ; Bartl. 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 69 (Tamatave, Madagascar) ; Boc. ^- Gad. J. f. O. 

 1876, p. 294 ; Hartl. Voy. Madag. p. 365 (1877) ; Ayres, Ibis, 

 1880, p. 273 (Transvaal) : Boc. Orn. Anq. p. 503 (Mossamedes, Rio 

 Coroca) (1881) ; Butl.,Feild., ^- Reid, Zooloq. 1882, p. 427 (Natal) ; 

 Milne-Edu: ^- Grand. Ois. Madaq. p. 723, pi. 275 a. f. 3 (head) 

 (18S2) ; Sharj^e, Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 757 (1884) : Dubois, Bull. 

 Mtis. Roq. d'H. N. deBelq. iv. p. 149, n. 194 (1880) (Tanganyika) ; 

 Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. '270 (Natal) (1889): Sibree, Ibis,im2, 

 p. 271 (Madagascar) ; Shell. Ibis, 1894, pp. 28, 478 (Lake 

 Sliirwa). 

 Anas pileata, Licht. Verz. Siiuqeth. u. Voy. p. 20, nn. 244, 245 

 (Kaffernl.) (1842); G. R. Gr.' Gen. B. App. p. 28 (1849) : Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. i. p. 360 (1872) ; Biihrn, J. f. O. 1885, p. 67 (Karema, 

 Tanganyika). 

 Pterocyanea pileata, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 102 (1854). 

 Anas hottentota, Schleq. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 60 (Umias, S. Afr.) 

 (1866) ; Gieb. Thes'. Orn. i. p. 354 (1872) ; Hartert, Kat. Vogel- 

 samml. p. 231 (1891) ; Rchnto. Voq. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 26 

 (1894). 

 Querquedula madagascariensis, Grand. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1867, 



pp. 87 (Madagascar), 255 ( = Q. hottentota). 

 Nettion hottentota, G. R. Gr. Hand-list. iii. p. 83, no. 10662^(1871) ; 

 Anderss. B. Damara Land, p. 340 (Damara and Great Namaqua 

 Land) (1872). 

 Anas assimilis, Mus. Paris., Jide Oustalet {cf. Hartl. Voy. 3faday. 



p. 365, 1877). 

 Querquedula punctata, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 522, 534 (S. Africa) ; 

 Salmd. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vi. p. 322 (Shoa) (1888) ; TrUtr. 

 Cat. Coll. B. p. 49 (Transvaal) (1889). 

 Querquedula iiileata, Schalow, J.f 0. 1884, p. 177 ; MaUchie,J.f. O. 



1887, p. 137. 

 Querquedula cyanorhvncha, Biihrn, MS., Jide Schaloic, J.f. O. 1884, 

 p. 177 ( = pileata, Licht.). 



Adult male. Upper part of the head, including the eyes, black, 

 sharply defined from the buffijh-white lower half and throat ; the 

 ■white of the cheeks ext ending backward in a broad band towards 

 the occiput ; sides of the neck whitish, thickly mottled with black ; 

 back black, each feather edged with light brown ; lower back and 

 rump black, glossed with green ; upper and under tail-coverts pale 

 brown, thickly undulated with narrow black lines ; lower parts 



