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PisoBiA EuscicoLEis (Vieillot). 



Tringa fiiscicollis VieilL, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXIV, 1819, p. 461 

 (Paraguay). 

 Common at Las Guacos, San Feliz River during May, 1907". 



Gaelinago paraguaiae (Vieillot). 

 Scolopax paraguaiae Vieill., Nouv. Diet. III. 1816. p. 356. 

 Gallinago paraguaiae Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 



Native name Cogelas todas. Not uneommon along the marshy 

 borders of small streams that cross the savannas, and widely dis- 

 tributed over the savannas themselves during the rainy season. The 

 species was noted at all points visited along the river. 



Gallinago brasiliensis (Swainson). 

 Scolopax Brasiliensis Swainson, Faun. Boreal. Am. 183 1 : p. 400 



(Brazil). 

 Gallinago brasiliensis Stone, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phil. 1913: p. 192. 



(Orinoco delta, Cafio Gorosal). 



Stone records specimens from Cafio Corosal (Orinoco delta 

 country). 



ANATIDAE— DUCKS, GEESE, ETC. 



Cairina moschata (L.). 

 Anas moschata L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1758. p. 124. 



Cairina moschata Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 131. 



Native names Pato real; Pato negro. Common. 



Eye seal brown ; bill black ; bare skin about face black, the caruncles 

 at base of bill and about face black at their base, pale scarlet at their 

 free ends ; feet black. 



The Pato real when not feeding spends much of its time in the 

 ( large trees bordering streams. During the rainy season it feeds 

 almost entirely on the open savannas but as the dry season advances 

 it is driven more to the wooded banks of ponds and streams. It is 

 exceedingly wary and the native hunter considers himself fortunate 

 to bag a pato negro. They may be often seen completely domesticated 

 and breeding about the native houses. 



Five ducklings, an entire brood, three or four days old, were 

 taken at Las Barrancas, San Feliz River, May 30, 1907. 



