280 ANATID^. 



B. Strickl. Coll. p. 533 (1882) ; Milne-Ediv. Rech. Faun. Reg. 

 Austr. ch. ix. j). 45 (1882) ; White, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 42 ; Sclat. 

 List Vert. An. 8tli ed. p. 433 (1883); Barroics, Auk, 1884, 

 p. 274 (Entrerios); Boeck, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1884, p. 167 

 (extract, p. 24) (Cochabamba, Bolivia) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 402 

 (Tarapaca) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 481 fl886) ; Berl. J. f. O. 

 1887, p. 133 (Paraguay?); Sclat. Arc/eut. Orn. ii. p. 134 (1889); 

 Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p". 50 (1889) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 136 

 (Tarapaca) ; Sclat. Ibis, 1890, p. 425 ; Finn, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 178 

 (ductus Botalli) ; Oust. Miss. Sc. Cap Horn, \\. Ois. p. 209 

 (1891); Hartert, Eat. Vogelsamml. p. 231 (1891); Kerr, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 146 ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 207 ; Berkeley James, New 

 List Cliil. B. p. 9, n. 157 (1892) ; ^j-j/m. Ibis, 1894, p. 201 

 (Uruguay). 



Dafila uropliasianus, Sclat. {nee Vig.) P. Z. S. 1860, p. 389 (Falk- 

 lands) ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 160 (Falklands). 



Anas (Dafila) spiuicauda, Burm. J. f. O. 1860, p. 266, n. 246 

 (Mendoza) ; Milne-Edw. Rech. Faun. Reg. Austr. chap. ix. p. 45 

 (1882). 



Anas (Dafila) caudacuta, Burtn. {nee Pall.) ibid. p. 247 (Parana). 



Dafila sp., Sclat. &,• Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandy Point). 



Dafila caudacuta, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 81, n. 10633 (Parana) 

 (1871). 



Daphila spinicauda, Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 14 (1875). 



Anas (Dafila) spinicauda, Rchniv. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 20 ; id. 

 Vog. zool. Giirt. p. 53 (1882). 



Hyhrids. 

 Dafila spinicauda c? X iEx sponsa $ , Finn, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 330 ( d ). 



Adult male. Above brown, feathers black in the centre, those of 

 the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts margined with greyish 

 brown, the scapulars margined with rufous-brown ; head above 

 rufous-chestniit, sides of the feathers and upper neck pale brown, 

 thickly dotted or streaked with blackish along the centre of each 

 feather ; throat whitish, almost immaculate ; the feathers of the 

 lower parts blackish brown in the centre, those of the upper breast, 

 sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts with rufescent edges, those of 

 the lower breast and abdomen whitish on the edges ; wings greyish 

 brown ; speculum black, glossed with green, margined by two 

 whitish-buff bauds — one above, formed by the tips of the greater 

 wing-coverts, and the other below, formed by the tips of the second- 

 aries : inner tcrtials greyish brown, with a broad velvety -black stripe 

 along the middle ; tail greyish brown, the edges of the feathers 

 rufous : bill black, at the base yellow, or " yellow with black culmen" 

 {Coppinger) : feet plumbeous, irides brown. Total length 20 inches, 

 wing 9-2, middle tail-feathers 5-8, tarsus 1'6. 



Female. Similar to the male, but more greyish and less rufes- 

 cent, especially on the head; tail shorter. 



Young male. Similar to the female, but the top of the head 

 tinged with rufous, and the throat with brown dots or streaks like 

 the sides of the head. 



