36. QTTERQUEDULA. 293 



2. Guerquedula puna. 



Anas puna, Licht. Mus. Berol. ; Tsch. Arcli.f. Natun/. 1844, i. p. 315, 

 n. 347 (Pera) ; id. Faun. Per., Aves, p. 309 (1845-46) ; Hurm. 

 Si/st. Ueb. Thier. Bras. iii. p. 439 (1869) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. 

 p. 360 (1872). 



Quwquediila puna, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. p. 616, n. 14 (1845) ; Licht. 

 Nomencl. Au. p. 102 (1854); Ei/(on, Syn. Anat. p. 81 (1869); 

 Sclat. &,■ Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 157 (Tuugasuca) ; iid. Exot. Orn. 

 p. 197, pi. 99 (1869) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 129, n. 10 

 (1873) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 554 (.Tunin) : Sclat. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1876, p. 388 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 522 (Andes of Peru and 

 Bolivia) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 478 (1886) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1886, 

 p. 401 (Tarapaca) ; P/iilipjn, Ornis, iv. p. 160 (Antofagasta) (1888) ; 

 Tridr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 49 (1889) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 136 

 (Tarapaca) ; Berk. James, Neio List Chit. B. p. 9, n. 156 (Tarapaca) 

 (1892). 



Punanetta leucogenys, " 7^se/t." (errore), Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. 

 p. 649, n. 78 (1856). 



Piiuanetta puna, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 84, u. 10873 (1871). 



Adelonetta puna, Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 346 (1890). 



Similar to Q. versicolor, but much larger, -with longer and in dr)' 

 skins uniform black bill ; the upper half of the head deep black ; 

 cheeks and throat purer white ; the bars on the flauks much 

 narrower and less sharplj- defined ; the lower back uniform brown- 

 ^rey, with no whitish narrow bars : " bill light blue, with the 

 ridge black ; eyes dark hazel ; legs and toes bluish lead-colour " 

 (WhiieJ'f). Total length 19-5 inches, wing 8-5, tail 3'S, culnien 

 1 •8-2- 15,' tarsus 1-3. 



Female. Similar to the male, but somewhat smaller; the upper 

 half of the head dark brown ; the speculum less bright. 



Yoking. Has the speculum grey, without any metallic green 

 colour. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and Northern Chili. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Peru (Jelski). Warsaw Museum [E.]. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Yunoca, Peru, March {H. Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



Whitehi). 



d. 2 ad. sk. Laguna de Tungasuca, Peru, Salviu-Godmau CoU. 



July (//. W.). 



e. 2 ad. st. Laguna de Tungasuca, July. H. Whitely, Esq. [CI. 



f. S ad. St. Laguna de Tangui, Peru. H. Whitely, Esq. [C.]. 

 (j-t. Ad. et imm. Province of Tarapaca, Chili, H. Berkeley James, Esq. 



sk. • Jan.-April. [P.]. 



3. Guerquedula circia. 



The Garganev. 



(iuerquedula,"i?m«. Orn. vi. p. 427, pi. .xxxix. tf. 1, 2 ( cJ ? ) (1760). 



Querquedula ajstiva, Briss. op. cit. p. 445 (1760). 



Anas querquedula, Linn. S. N. i. p. 20:!, n. 32 (17G6) ; Gm. S. N. 



i. p. 531, u. 32 (1788) ; Lath. Iml. Orn. ii. p. 872, n. 99 (1790) ; 



Bonn. Flic. .UC-th. i. p. 153, pi. 30. f. 1 (1791) ; Lath. Tr. Linn. Soc. 



iv. p. 108, tab. xiii. ff. 2, 3 (trachea) (1798) ; Pall. Zoogr. Rosso- 



