BKANTA NIGRICANS— ANAS BOSCIIAS. (521 



List of specimens. 



L'.JT, S '"'•-• Tnickee Meadows (Oauip 20), Nevada, Novemhcr 5, ISi;?. ,;il— 0(i— 

 18— 13;|— 1 1 ;;— 25— (J— 3J. Uill, deep black ; iris, vaiidyke hiowii ; tai.si and toes, dull 

 brownisli slaty -black. 



2i)S, i (1(1; Gaini) 2(), November G, 1807. 3t);^— OU— IS— 11— 1:<— 2^- 0— 2i. 

 Same remarks. 



Bkanta nigeicans. 



Black Brnnl. 



Anscr nigricans, Lawrence, Aim. Ljc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., IV, 1810, 171, i«l. — . 

 Bcrnicla nigricans, Cassin, lllust. Birds Gal., Tex., &c., 18.53, 53, pi. 10.— lUiuu, 



Birds N. Am., 1858, 707 ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 571. 

 Branfa nigricans. Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1870, 131. 

 Branta berniela var. nigricans, GouES, Key, 1872, 284, fig. ISJrb.— Uknsiiaw, 



1875, 472. 

 Branta hcrniela. h. nigricans, GoUES, Birds NA\^, 1874, 557. 



Tlie 131ack Brant was a rare winter visitant to Pjniniid Lake, where 

 we noticed it in December, 18G7, but did not obtain specimens. 



Anas bosgiias 



illallard. 



{T(/-k'U of the Washoes.j 



Anashoschas, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1700, £05. — Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 774; 

 Gat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 570.— CouES, Key, 1872, 285 ; Check 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 July, tliis 

 species, with several others, particularly the Cinnamon Teal {Qncr(jnciliila 

 cijanoptera) 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 w^ere run down and killed with sticks; 

 thirteen, including the several species, being thus obtained in a single fore- 

 noon. 



List of specimens. 



119, 9 0(1.; Big Bend of the Truckee (Camp 12), August 4, 1867. 21|— 23J— 9J 

 — 7^ — 2 — \f^ — (?) — ('?). Bill, dark greenish, becoming olivaceoas-ycllow along the 

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



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

 about a rod from the shore. 



