438 ANATIDiE. 



under -wing-coverts brown-grey, the marginal ones tinged with 

 buff ; axillaries buff, with a brown stripe along the middle ; tail- 

 feathers blackish brown, with narrow ochreous edges : " bill blue 

 and slate colour, lower mandible yellowish ; irides dark brown ; 

 feet dark brown " (Ayres). Total length 16-17 inches, wing 7, 

 tail 2-5, culmen 1'7, tarsus 1'3. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but less ochreous and more brown 

 on the abdomen. 



Hah. Southern Africa, north to Loango on the western coast, 

 ind to Shoa on the eastern ; Madagascar. 



E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Sir A. Smith [P.]. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 Sir A. Smith [P.]. 

 Eyton Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Capt. Savile Eeid [C.]. 

 J. H. Gumey, Esq. [P.]. 



Shelley Coll. 

 J. Mouteiro [C.]. 



56. NOMONYX. 



Type. 



Nomonyx, Ridgio. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 15 (1880). N. dominicus. 



Range. Tropical America, including the West Indies. 



1. Nomonyx dominicus. 



Querquedula dominicensis, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 472, pi. xli. f. 2 (1760) 



(San Domingo et Mexico). 

 Anas dominica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 201, n. 22 (176G) {ex Brisson) ; 



Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 521, n. 22 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 874, 



n. 102 (1790) ; Bonn. Enc. Meth. i. p. 157, n. 80 (1791) ; Vieill. 



N. p. V. p. 175 (1816) ; Dum. Diet. Sc. Nat. vi. p. 400 (1817) ; 



Wied, Beschr. Beise nach Bras. ii. p. 199 (1821) (Brazil) ; Less. 



Tr. d'Orn. p. 632 (1831) (Porto Rico) ; Wied, Beitr. iv. p. 938 



(1832) (Bahia) ; Bunn. Si/st. Ueb. iii. p. 439 (1856) (Lakes of 



S.E. Brazil) ; Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. 1869, p. 603 (Porto 



Rico). 

 Sarcelle a queue 6pineuse, de Cayenne, D'Aubent. PL Enl. 967 ( J ) ; 



Bjiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ix. p. 282 (1783). 

 Sarcelle de la Guadeloupe, L'Aubent. PL Enl. 968 (S)- 

 Sarcelle rousse a longue queue, Bvff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ix. p. 283 (1783). 

 St. Domiugo Teal, Lath. Si/n. iii. 2, p. 554, n. 91 (1785). 

 Spinous-tailed Duck, Lath. ,Sijn. iv. 2, p. 655, n. 92 (1785). 

 Anas spinosa, Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 522, n. 87 (1788) (Cayenne et 



Guiana) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. ii. p. 874, n. 103 (1790) ; Bonn. Enc. 



Meth. i. p. 157, n. 81, pi. 41. f. 3 (1791) ; Vieill. N. D. v. p. 175 



(1816) ; Dum. Diet. Sc. Nat. vi. p. 400 (1817) ; D'Orb. in La 



