38. MALACORnYNCHTJS. 319 



Female. Similar to the female of S. chf^ieata, but easil^y distin- 

 guishable by the blue tinge of the speculum ; besides it has the tail 

 much darker brown, with irregular rufesceut bars ; the bill in dry 

 skin is dark brown. 



Hah. South Africa, north to Angola on the West, and Transvaal 

 on the East ; according to Lefebvre also Abyssinia, but this locality 

 requires further proof. 



a. 2 ad. sk. S. Africa. Shelley Coll. 



b. cS ad. sk. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (Type 



of species.) 



c. 2 ad. St. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased. 



d. c? ad. sk. Port Natal (At/res). Shelley Coll. 



e. c? juv. sk. Rio Coroca, Angola, Jan. Shelley Coll. 



{Aiichieta). 



38. MALACORHYNCHUS. 



Type. 



Malacorhynchus, Sw. Jour/i. Hoy. Inst. ii. uo. iv. 

 p. 18 (1831) M. membranaceus. 



Ranfje. Confined to Australia and Tasmania. 



1. Malacorhynchus membranaceus. 



New Holland Duck, Lath. Gen. Si/n., Suppl. ii. p. 359, n. .36 (1801). 

 Anas membranacea, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Ixix, n. 4 a (1801) ; 



Vieill. N. B. v. p. 108 (1816) ; Bum. Bkt. Sc. Nat. vi. p. 388 



(1817); Vieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 3-58 (1823); Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. 



p. 357 (1872). 

 Anas fasciata, Shaic, Nat. Misc. xvii. pi. 697 (1790-1813) ; Less. 



Tr. d^Orn. p. 632 (1831). 

 ^Membranaceous Duck, Lath. Gen. Hist. x. p. .331 (1824). 

 Ivhynchaspis membranacea, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. 2, p. 124 (1824). 

 Malacorhynchus menibranaceus, Hw. Jourti. Ii. Inst. ii. no. iv, p. 18 



(with tig. of head) (1831) ; G. H. Gr. List Gen. B. p. 74 (1840) ; 



id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 94 (1841) ; Hartl. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 120 



(1844) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mas. iii. p. 139 (1844) ; id. Gen. 



B. iii. p. 618 (184."j) ; Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 13 (pt.xviii., 1845) ; 



Bchnb. Spi. Av., Natatores, t. 88. ff. 924^925 (1845) ; G. B. Gr. 



6'm. 7?., App. p. 28 (1849); Bchnb. Si/n. yic, Natatores, t. 86. 



ff. 2332-33 (e.v Gould) (1850) ; id. Av. Si/st. Aat. p. ix (1852); 



Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 102 (1854) ; Bp. Compt. Rend. xbii. p. 650, 

 81 (1856) ; Zuchold, J. f. O. 1858, p. 41 (Lynch River) ; 



Meth. nat. Av. disj). Tent. p. 148 (1872) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Sac. 

 N. S. W. i. pp. 195, 216, 219 (1876) ; Casteln. .S- Rams. ibid. p. 386 

 (Gulf of Carpentaria) (1876) ; Bifft/l. B. Austr. ii. pi. 113 (1877) ; 

 Rains. Br. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 200, n. 6(U (1878) : Sclat. 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 524 ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. Tf. vii. p. 58 

 (1882); Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll p. 537 (1882); Lepi/e, Pr. R. 

 Soc. Tasm. 1886, p. 244 (Tasmania) (1887) ; Rams. ^Tab. List, 

 p. 22, n. 673 (1888) ; North, Cat. Xests cS- Bf/r/s Au.<tr. B. p. .".44 

 (1889); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 48 {\8tiQ) ■,'Sharpe, Cat. Osteol. 

 Specim. Coll. Sure/, iii. p. 304 (1891). 



