ANAS. 189 



150. DENDROCYGNA GUTTULATA Wallace. 

 SPOTTED TREE DUCK. 



Dendrocygna gutiulata Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1863), 3(i; Sharpe, 

 Hand-List (1899), 1, 215; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List 

 (1906), 37. 



Dendrocycna guttata Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1895), 27, 164, 

 pi. 1. 



Basilan {McGregor) ; Mindanao {Platen). Celebes, Moluccas. Xew Guinea, 

 Tenimber Islands. 



"Adult male and female. — Upper part of head dark brown; a black 

 line along hind neck; back and wings dusky brown; feathers of back, 

 scapulars, and wing-coverts edged with pale brown ; lores brown ; super- 

 ciliary stripe, sides of head, and tapper part of neck grayish, with dusky 

 cross-lines, giving a mottled appearance; chin and throat uniform whitish; 

 lower part of neck dusky with white spots; rump brown; upper tail- 

 coverts black, basal ones broadly barred with white ; upper breast rufous- 

 brown, each feather with a white spot at the tip; lower breast and abdo- 

 men whitish, with faint dusky lines across ; feathers of flanks with large, 

 white, round spots, the longer feathers are almost barred with black; 

 under tail-coverts whitish, with black bars ; quills brown ; tail almost black. 

 'Bill black; tarsi and feet ashy, more or less tinged with reddish; iris 

 brown or chestnut.' (D'Alhertis.) Length, about 432; wing, 215; tail, 

 74; eulmen, 41; tarsus, 41. 



" 'Young. — Feathers of the flanks paler and with the white spots elon- 

 gated and lanceolated.' (Schlegel.)" (Salvadori.) 



A male from Basilan, December 26, 1906, measures: Length, 444; 

 wing, 216; tail, 67; exposed eulmen, 45; tarsus, 45; middle toe with 

 claw, 71. 



Of the earlier collectors Platen was the only one to secure this tree 

 duck in the Philippines; more recently it has been taken in Basilan but 

 it appears to be a rare species. 



Genus ANAS Linnaeus, 1758. 



Bill of moderate length, tiie sides nearly parallel ; wings long and 

 pointed; a wide band of metallic color across the secondaries forming 

 the speculum; tail pointed but not of great length. 



157. ANAS LUZON ICA Fraser. 



PHILIPPINE MALLARD. 



Anas luzonica Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1839), 113; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. (1895), 27, iOH; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899). 1, 

 216; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (190(i), 37. 



Du-ma-ras', Manila; da-mn-Vog, Ticao. 



Catanduanes (Whitehead)-. Guimaras {Steere Exp.) \ Lubanfj (McGregor); 

 Luzon (Cuming, Jagor, Heriot, Whitehead, McGregor, Worcester) ; Marinduque 



