304 ANATID^. 



Querquedula cyanoptera, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 164 (Bogota, Sta, 

 Martha) ; Cass. III. B. Calif, p. 82, pi. 15 (Louisiana, Utah) 

 (1855) ; id. U.S. Astron. Exp. ii. p. 202 (1856) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1856, p. 311 (Mexico) ; Baird, B. JV. Am. p. 780 (Rocky Moun- 

 tains to Pacific) (1858) ; id. Cat. N. Am. B. n. 582 (1859) ; id. 

 Mex. B. Surv. ii. 2, Birds, p. 26 (Texas) (1859) ; Sclat. P .Z. S. 

 1859, p. 237 (Vancouver I.) ; Kenn. P. R. R. Rep. x. Birds, p. 35 

 (Arizona and California) (1859) ; Heerm. ibid. p. 69 (New 

 Mexico and California) (^1859) ; Coop. Sf Suckl. ibid. xii. p. 255 

 (Oregon) (1860) ; Sclat. P. Z.S. 1860, p.389 (Falklands) ; Abbott, 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 161 ; Cottes, Pr. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 98 (Arizona) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1866, p. 263 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 335 (Chili) ; Baird, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 271 ; Sclat. ^- Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandv Point) ; 

 Bro7vn, Ibis, 1868, p. 428 ; .Sclat. >^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 160 

 (Buenos Ayres) ; Stev. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. 1870, p. 466 (Wyo- 

 ming) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 83, n. 10657 (1871) ; Merr. 

 U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. 1872, p. 703 (Idaho, breeding) ; Aiken, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. XV. p. 210 (Colorado) (1872); Alle??, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool. iii. p. 183 (Utah) (1872) ; Coues, Kexj, p. 288 (1872) ; id. 

 Check-list, n. 497 (1873); Sclat. Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. 

 p. 129 (1873) ; Latvr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. v. p. 314 (Mexico) 

 (1874) ; Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 567 (1874) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 554 (Centr. Peru) ; Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, pp. 17, 384 

 (Peru) ; Durnf. Ibis, 1876, p. 163, 1877, p. 41 (Chuput), p. 191 

 (Buenos Ayres) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 146 (W. Peru) ; Dur7if. 

 Ibis, 1878, p. 400 (Centr. Patagonia) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 522 ; 

 Skarpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 14 (Talcahuano) ; Ridffw. Norn. N. Am. 

 B. n. 610 (1881) ; Coues, Check-list, 2nd ed. p. 114, n. 717 (1882) ; 

 Milne-Edw. Reck. Faun. Reg. Austral, ch. ix. p. 46 (1882) ; Salv. 

 Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 536 (1882) ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 625; 

 B., B., S)- R. Water-Birds N. Am. ii. p. 534 (1884) ; Barrows, 

 Auk, 1884, p. 273 (Pampas); Coues, Kexj N. Am. B. 2nd ed. 

 p. 696 (1884) ; Tacz. &; Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 116 (Ecuador) ; 

 Sclat. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 401 (Tarapaca) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 474 

 (1886) ; Berl. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 133; Sclat. Artjeyit. Orn. ii. p. 130 

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

 p. 136 (Tarapaca) ; Oust. Miss. Sc. Cap Horn, vi. Ois. p. 203 

 (1891) ; Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 146 (Lower Pilcomavo) ; Holland, 

 ibid. p. 206 (Argentina) ; Berl. S,- Stolzm. P. Z. S. '1892, p. 399 ; 

 Berk. James, Neio List Chil. B. p. 9, n. 152 (1892) ; Aplin, Ibis, 

 1894, p. 200 (Uruguay). 



Anas (Pterocyanea) cojruleata, i??»-wi. J!/. O. 1860, p. 266 (Mendoza, 

 Parana). 



Pterocyanea cyanoptera, Burm. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 368 (Argentina) : 

 id. An. Mus. Nac. Buen. Air. iii. p. 247 (1888). 



Adult male. Head, neck, and lower parts uniform rich glossy 

 chestnut ; top of head blackish ; belly shaded with blackish ; under 

 tail-coverts black ; mantle, middle of the back, rump, and ui:)per 

 tail-coverts brown-black, with the edges of the feathers paler ; 

 scapulars chestnut, with black bands, the longer ones narrow, 

 pointed, black, with a central buff stripe ; wing-coverts and also 

 the outer web of some of the outer scapulars smalt-blue, the 

 greater row of the wing-coverts white, forming a white band 

 anteriorly to the glossy green wing-speculum on the secondaries ; 



