BKANTA NIGRICANS— ANAS BOSGIIAS. 621 



Lint of spccimcnx. 



257, i ad.; Tnickeo Meadows (Cainp 20), Nevada, Novcmhcr 5, l.S(i7. .'! I J— Cti— 

 18 — 13-5 — Ijj] — 25 — G — 3:^. Bill, deep black; iris, v;ni(lykc luowii ; tiirsi and Iocs, dull 

 brownish slaty-black. 



258, <J «f/.; Camp 20, November 0, 1807. 30^—014—18— 11— l;,'—2A—0—2A. 

 Same retnarks. 



BllANTA NIGRICANS. 

 Black Brant. 



Anser nigricans, Lawrence, Auu. Ljc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., IV, 184(;, 171, pi. — . 

 Bcrnicla nigricans, Cassin, Illust. Birds Cal., Tex., &c., 1853, 53, pi. 10.— IJaikd, 



Birds N. Am., 1858, 707; Cat. N. Am. Bird.s, 18.5!), No. 571. 

 Branta nigricans, BannistIer, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliilad., 1870, 131. 

 Branta bcrnicla var. nigricans, CoUES, Key, 1872, 284, fig. 184b. — IIensiiaw, 



1875, 472. 



Branta bcrnicla. b. nigricans, CoUES, Birds N.W., 1874, 557. 



Tlie Black Brant was a»rare winter visitant to Pyramid Lake, where 

 wo noticed it in December, 18G7, bnt did not obtain specinien.s. 



Anas boschas 



illallard. 



{Te'-lehk of the Washoes.) 



Anas boschas, Linn., Syst. Nat, I, 1700, 205.— Baird, Birds N. Am., 18.58, 774; 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 570.— CouES, Key, 1872, 285; Chock List, 1873, 

 No. 488; Birds N.W., 1874, 559.— Henshaw, 1875, 472. 



The "Green-head" is one of the most abundant ducks of the Interior; 

 it is Hkewise a resident, though most numerous in summer. In Julv, this 

 species, with several others, particularly the Cinnamon Teal (Querqiieiliila 

 cyanoptera) and Gadwall, were found in great abundance at the Glendale 

 Meadows, where they were breeding ; at tliat time they were molting, and 

 having lost their quill-feathers, many were run down and killed with sticks; 

 thirteen, including tlio several species, being thus obtiiined in a single fore- 

 noon. 



List of specimens. 



119, 9 ad.; Big Bend of the Truckee (Camp 12), August 4, 1807. 211- 23^9^ 

 — 7j — 2 — l-j'jj — (T) — (?). Bill, dark greenish, becoming olivaceous-yellow along the 

 commissure; iris, brown; tarsi and toes, fine orange-chrome. 



1101, eggs (8); south shore of Great Salt Lake, June 11, 1809. Nest iu the grass, 

 about a rod from the shore. 



