62 ANAS SALVADORII. 



This is the third species of Duck known from Sumba, 

 the first two, Mareca punctata {Nettion castaneum Salvad. 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXVII, p. 252) and Anas superciliosa, 

 being enumerated by Dr. Meyer, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien , 

 1881, p. 767. 



The suggestion of our bird being a product of interbreed- 

 ing between either of both mentioned species with a do- 

 mestic Duck may be freely excluded , were it only for 

 the single reason that the white band across the fore-neck 

 is much broader than in any domesticated descendant of 

 Anas boschas. 



With this bird the number of species , at present known 

 from Sumba , is brought to 65. 



Leyden Museum, June 1896. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , "Vol. XVIII- 



