'448 ANATroa:. 



b'. 2 iuv. sk. San Francisco, California, Oct. H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]- 



c. cf ad. sk. Mexico. H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 



d'. S ad. sk. Valleyof Mexico (ZeiS^raw^re). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



c'. Jiiv. sk. A^uas Calientes, Mexico, Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. B. Richardson). 



f,g'. 6 2 ad. sk. Duenas, Guatemala, Eeb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Sahin). 



h'. tS ad. sk. Mount Eagle, Jamaica, May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. Osburn). 



i', k'. 2 ad. et c? [South America.] Old Coll. 



juv. St. 



I'. Skeleton. No locality. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Erismatura maccoa. 



Oxyura maccoa, Simth, Cat. S. Afr. Mus. p. 37, n. 329 (1837) (descr. 



nulla) ; id. Ml. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pis. 108, 109 (1847). 

 Erismatura maccoa, Eyt. Man. Anat. p. 169 (18-38) ( 2 ) (Indian 



Isles!) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 146 (1844) (South 



America!) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 627, n. 4 (1844) ; Licht. Nomencl. 



Av. p. 103 (18,54) (S. Africa) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 3-56 (1867) ; 



Hyt. Syn. Av. p. 128 (juv.) (1869) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 302 



(Transvaal) ; Gurn. in A?iderss. B. Damara Land, p. .344 (1872) 



(Orange River) ; Sharpe, LavardJs B. S. Afr. p. 762 (1884) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) i. p. 249 (1884) (Shoa) ; Gigl. 



ibid. vi. p. 60 (1886) (Shoa) ; Salmd. ibid. p. 325 (1886) (Shoa) ; 



Rchnw. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 26 (Kibaya, Massai). 

 Oxyura (Erismatura) maccoa, Eyt. Mon. Anat., list of plates, pi. 24. 



f. 1 (1838). 

 Erismatura leucocephala africana, Rchnb. Syn. Av., Natatores, t. 78. 



f. 899 (1845). 

 Erismatura africana, Rchnb. Syn. Av., Natatores, text [p. 3] (1845). 

 Erismatura maccao, G. R. Gr. Gen. B., Append, p. 28 (1849). 

 Erismatura moccoa, 5^. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 652, n. 158 (1856) ; 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 90, n. 10719 (1871). 

 Biziura maccao, Schley. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 10 (1866). 

 Biziura maccoa, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 468 (1872). 

 Erismatura mocoa, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 630, 534 ; Tristr. Cat. 



Coll. B. p. 47 (1889) (Transvaal). 



Adult male. Head and upper part of the neck Llack, descending 

 lower down on the nape ; lower neck, upper breast, sides, flanks, 

 and upper part bright red-chestnut ; this colour from the breast 

 downwards shades gradually on the lower parts, which are 

 silvery grey, into the dusky bases of the feathers ; wings brown, 

 finely mottled with pale rufous on the wing-coverts and second- 

 aries • in some specimens the median wing-coverts are edged with 

 chestnut ; primaries uniform brown ; under wing-coverts grey edged 

 ' with white ; axillaries white, more or less stained with grey ; 

 tail blackish : " iris dark hazel ; beak blue-black ; feet dark [lead] 

 blue " {Antinori). Total length about 18 inches, wing 7, tail 3-5, 

 culmen 1'7, tarsus 1'38. 



