43. XTKOCA. 



353 



a,b. J 5 ad. sk. 



c. cj ad. St. 



d. $ ad. sk. 

 e,f. (S ? iid. sk. 



g. $ ad. sk. 



h. cS ad. sk. 

 t. 5 juv. sk. 

 A;. $ ad. sk. 

 /. r^ ad. sk. 

 m,n. c? $ ad. sk. 

 0. (S ad. sk. 



j9. [ $ ] ad. sk. 



y. (5 ad. sk. 

 r, «, <. cf ? ad. et 

 $?sk. 



Kio Coroca, W. Africa, Jan. 



(Anchifta). 

 Damara-laud. 



Damnra-laud. 



S. Africa. 



K., 



(7'. 



Reit Pan, Rlienoster 

 (/ape Colony, May 

 Ayres). 



Port Natal {Ayres). 



Natal. 



Newcastle, Natal, Sept. 



Transvaal {T. Ayres). 



Transvaal {T. Ayres). 



Near Potcliefstroom (T. 

 Ayres). 



Marie o. 



Zambesi. 



Zomba R., Nyassa-land, 

 May, June {A. Whyte). 



Shelley Coll. 



0. J. Andersson, Esq^. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeadale Coll. 

 Sir A. Smith [P.]_. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Shelley Coll. 



Eyton Coll. 



Capt. S. G. Reid [P.]. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 F. A. Barrett, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Dr. Bradshaw [CJ. 

 H. H. Johnston, Esq., 



C.B. [P.]. 



9. Nyroca nationi. 



Fuligula nationi, Sclat. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 522 (Lima) ; Sclat. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 477, pi. xxxii. ; Garrod, I. c. p. 479 (trachea) ; 

 Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 484 (1886) ; ? MacFarl. Ihis, 1887, p. 203 

 (Arica and Mollendo) ; Berl. S) Stolzm. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 399. 



Type. Very similar to the male of N. brunnea, but the brown 

 colour of the underparts apparently a little more reddish. 



Another specimen, marked mule, cannot be distinguished from 

 some adult males of JS^. brunnea ! 



I believe both specimens mentioned below to be males, and 

 although similar to those of the African xV. brunnea, I refrain 

 for the present from uniting X. nationi with the African species, 

 and prefer waiting for tlic reception of additional South-American 

 specimens.* 



* Nyroca erytiirophtiialma. - 



Anas erythroplithaliiia. Wicd, Beitr. iv. p. 029 (Villa de Belmonte, 

 S. Brazil) (lSr.2); 'i Ilarfl. I'cr-. Gcs. .!/«.«. p. 119 (Brazil) (1844) t; 

 Jip. Coinpt. Hend. xliii. p. 649, n. 73 (1856); Burm. Stjst. Uebers. 

 Thieve Bras. iii. p. 438 (1856) ; Peb. Oni. Bras. p. 460 (1870) ; G. R. 

 Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 82, n. 10653 (1871); Gieb. T/ies. Orn. i. p. 350 

 (1872) ; Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 319 (type) ; Sclat. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, 

 p. 399 (note) ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mm. N. H. ii. p. 269 (types) (1889). 



Only known from the types in the American Museum of Natural History in 

 New York ; thanks to Mr. Allen, these, after my departure from London, were 

 sent for inspeetion to Mr. Salvin. who writes to me as follows: — 



"The type.s of Anas eryihrophthalma, W'ied, are in old worn and faded 



t Dr. Hartlaub writes to me that the specimen attributed by bim to this 

 species in 1844 is no longer in tiie Bremen Museum. 



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