BIRD LIFE IN THE URUBAMBA VALLEY OF PERU. 55 



Order ANSERIFORMES. 



Family ANATIDAE. 



DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS. 



(501) CHLOEpHAGA MELANOPTERA (Eyton). 



Anser melanopterus Eyton, Monog. Anat., 1838, p. 93 (Lake Titicaca). 

 Bernida melanoptera Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869, p. 157 (Pitu- 

 marca; Tinta). 



Common in the Puna Zone. 



Occobamba Pass, 14,000 feet, 1 male (July 25, mated) ; La Raya, 

 1 female. 



(513) ANAS CEISTATA ALTICOLA Meneganx. 



Anas cristata alticola Menegaux, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, vol. 10, 1909, p. 224 

 (Lake Poopo, Bolivia). 



Compared with a large series from the Magellan region, Peruvian 

 specimens confirm the validity of this race. 



Cedrobamba, 13,000 feet, 1 male (breeding June 4). (We have 

 also four specimens from Lake Junin.) 



(517) NETTION OXYPTERUM (Meyen). 



Anas oxyptera Meyen, Nov. Act., vol. 16, 1833, Suppl., p. 121, pi. 26 (southern 



Peru). 

 Querquedula oxyptera Sclatee and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869, p. 157 



(Tungasuca; Tinta). 



Occobamba Pass, 1 male. 



(521) DAFILA SPINICAUDA (Vieillot). 



Anas spinicauda Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 1816, p. 135 (Buenos Aires). 

 Dajila spinicauda Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869, p. 157 (Tungasuca; 

 Tinta). 



(524) QUERQUEDULA PUNA (Tschudl). 



Anas puna Tschudi, Arch, fiir Naturg., 1844, p. 315 (Peru). 



Qiwrquedula puna Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869, p. 157 (Tungasuca). 



(527) QUERQUEDULA CYANOPTERA OUINOMUS Oberholser. 



Querquedula orinomus Oberholser, Proc Biol. Soc. Wash., 1906, p. 93 (Puna, 



Lake Titicaca). 

 Querquedula cyanoptera Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1876, p. 17 



(Tungaauca). 



(529) SPATULA PLATALEA (VleiUot). 



Anas plataleaYiEUXOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 5, 1816, p. 157 (Buenos 



Aires). 

 Spatula platalea Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1876, p. 17 (Tungasuca). 



(537) OXYURA FERRUGINEA (Eyton). 



Erismatura ferruginea Eyton, Monog. Anat., 1838, p. 70 (Chile).— Berlbpsch 

 and Stolzmann, Omis, 1906, p. 105 (Vilcabamba). 



La Raya, 1 male. 



