\ 



44. NYEOCA. 343 



Heenn. P. 7?. 7?. I^cp. x. pt. iv. p. 70 (1859) ; Brewer, Pr. Bod. 



Hoc. X. H. vii. p. ;J08 (Cuba; ( IBUO) ; A. ^ E. Newt. Handb. Jam. 



p. 113 (1881). 

 JsyiMca valisneri, Rchnb. Si)n. Ao., Natatores, t. 75. f. 127 (1845). 

 Aythyia erythrocephala, Licht. {nee Brehm) JS'omencl. Av. p. 102 



(N. America, Mexico) (18-54). 

 Avthva valisneri, Brehm, Naumannia, 1855, p. 298 ; id. Vogelf. p. 380 



0855). 

 Aethyia valisneria, Cab. 8,- Gimdl. J. f. O. 1857, p. 229 (Cuba) ; 



Oiindl. J.f. O. 18C1, p. 246 ; .Suk: Ihk, 18G(i, p. 198 (Guatemala) ; 



Brown, Ibis, 1868, p. 426 (Vancouver I.) ; Sclat. i^- Salv. Nomencl. 



Ac. Neotroj). p. 130 (1(^73) ; liidyw. Nom. N. Am. B. n. 617 (1881). 

 Aristonetta vallisneria, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 793 (in text^ (1858). 

 Aethvia vallisneria, Dress. Ibis, 1866, p. 43 (Texas) ; B., B., |- R. 



Water-B. K Am. ii. p. 30 (1884) ; Nehrl. J. /. O. 1885, p. 147 



(Illinois). 

 Fuligula valisneriana, Schleq. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 25 (1866) ; 



Prist r. Cat. Coll. B. p. 48 (1889). 

 Anas valisneriana, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 364 (1872). 

 Fulix vallisneria, Coues, Key N. Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 703 (1884). 



Adult male. Similar to that of N. ferina, but much larger and 

 •with a much longer bill ; the upper part of the head darker chestnut 

 than the rest ; lower breast and abdomen white : " bill entirely 

 greenish black ; iris carmine-red ; feet bluish grey " (Coues). Total 

 length 20 to 22 inches, wing d-2o, tail 2-9, culmen 2-6, tarsus 1-6. 



Adult female. Head, nock, jugulum, and anterior part of back 

 raw-umber-brown, a postnuchal space, the fore part of the head, 

 and fore neck whitish ; chin, throat, and cheeks tinged -with fulvous ; 

 back, scapulars, and flanks greyish brown, vermiculated with white ; 

 wings as in the male : " bill greenish black ; iris brownish red ; 

 feet plumbeous " (B., B., ^- B.). 



Hah. North America, breeding from the North-westeni States, 

 northward to Alaska ; in winter southwards to Guatemala and 

 W. Indies. 



a,b. S 2 ad. st. N. America. Old Coll. 



c. S ad. sk. Fort Rupert, Vancouver's N.America Boundary 



Island (J. K. Lord). Commission [P.]. 



d, e,f. S a*!- sk. Vancouver's Island [J. K. N.America Boundary 



Lord). Commission [P.]. 



(J, h. (S 5 ad. sk. Minnesota. H. Courage, Esq. 



i. (S juv. sk. 49th Parallel. N.America Boundary 



Commission [P.l. 



k. (S ad. sk. Cook Co., Illinois {E. W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ydsoti). 



l-o. (S $ imm. sk. Corpus Christi, Texas, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{F. B. Arm-strontj). 



p-v. cj 2 ad. sk. Brownsville, Texas, March, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April (F. B. Armstrong). 



u\ cS imm. sk. Puenas, Guatemala (O. 6'.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



.1-. ^kek■tou. N. America. Evtou Coll. 



