100 BULLETIN 15 5, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Status uncertain; probably found during winter as migrant from 

 North America. 



Descourtilz reports the wigeon from " lagon Peinier" in the plain 

 of the Artibonite in April, 1799, but without clear description so that 

 the record is subject to question. Notes by Hitter and Tippenhauer 

 likewise seem uncertain, so that the species is here placed in hypo- 

 thetical status. As it comes to Cuba and Porto Rico there is little 

 question but that it will be found eventually with other migrant ducks 

 in Hispaniola. 



The adult male has the middle of the crown white or buffy, 

 bordered by glossy green more or less sprinkled with black; cheeks 

 and throat buff finely barred with black; upper breast and sides 

 vinaceous, the latter somewhat barred with wavy black lines; lower 

 breast and abdomen white; black grayish brown finely barred with 

 black. The female has the head and throat white or pale buff, finely 

 streaked with black, the upper breast and sides pale vinaceous washed 

 with grayish, and the rest of the underparts white. The back is 

 grayish brown barred somewhat with buff. The greater wing coverts 

 in both sexes are white, forming a prominent patch, and the spec- 

 ulum is black, in the male glossed distinctly with green. The species 

 is about the size of the Bahama pintail and is told from other clucks 

 by the proportionately small bill.] 



[DAFILA ACUTA TZITZIHOA (Vieillot) 

 PINTAIL, SPRIG, PATO PESCUEZILARGO 



Anas tsitzihoa Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 5, 1S16, p. 163 (Mexico). 



Probably a winter visitor. 



An officer in the United States Marine Corps who hunted ducks 

 regularly in Haiti informed Dr. W. L. Abbott that he had killed 

 " sprigs " in addition to the Bahama pintail with which he was 

 thoroughly familiar. The pintail comes regularly to Cuba 30 in 

 small numbers and Danforth has seen it in western Porto Rico 31 

 so that it may be expected to range occasionally in winter to His- 

 paniola. Until more definite information is available we place it in 

 the hypothetical list. 



The pintail has the general form of the Bahama pintail, but is 

 slightly larger and has a longer, more slender neck, and an elongated 

 tail in the male with a projecting spike of feathers. The male has 

 the head and throat olive brown, a blackish stripe on the hindneck, 

 and the back gray. The scapular feathers are black, the wing 



30 Barbour, Mem. Nutrall Ornith. Club, No. 6, 1023, p. 37. 

 81 Journ. Dept. Agric. Porto Rico, vol. 10, 1926, p. 37. 



