— 70 — 



that time hehl to be same as D. arcuata Horsf., is placed by him in the genus Anas. (t. c. 634. Cf. 

 also, Sal V ad. (»rn. Pap. Ill, 387). 



347. Anas superciliosa. 



Supercilious Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. Ill, 497. — Anas superciliosa (im. S. N. 1788 II, 537; (lid. 

 B. Austr. VII pi. it; Peak, V. S. Expl. Exp. 1848; Ilartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 122;*iV/. J. f. 0. 1854, 1G9; 

 Cuss. U. S. Exp. 1858, 339: Umy, P. Z. S. 1859. 166; id. 13. Trop. Is. 54; I'en: et De.i M. Re\'. Zool. 

 1860. 442; Jouau, Mem. See. Cherb. 1863 IX, 242; Sdat. P. Z. S. 1864, 9; ScA/. Mus. P. B. Anseres 1866, 

 42; F. el II. Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 213, 280; iid. P. Z. S. 1868, 8. 118; nd. J. f. O. 1870. |122; Oriife 

 t. c. 402; .Sclai. Ibis 1871, 360; Oray, H. L. Ill, 82 no. 10647; I-'inscA, .J. f. (). 1872, 56; La;,. P. Z. S. 

 1875, 30, 440; 1876, 497, 503; id. Ibis 1876, 393; Marie, ib. 1877, 363: Fimc/,, P. Z. S. 1877, 737, 776, 

 785; Lai/. Ibis 1878, 266, 279; Tristr. ]. c. note; Sdat. P. Z. S. 1880. 517; Finsc/,, Voy. Chall., B. 1881 

 II, 52: id. Mitth. Orn. Ver. Wien 1884, 125; Lay. Ibis 1882, 537. 544; Bn/lcr, B. New Zeal. 1888 2nd ed. 

 II, 251. — Anas leucophrys I'orst. Descr. An. 1844, 93. — Anas muelleri lijt. ('. R. 1856, 649. — Anas 

 superciliosa var. pelewensis H. et F. P. Z. S. 1872, 108. — Anas pelewensis Finsrh. ,]. Mus. Godef. 1875 

 \'III, 40: S,/w,rlt:, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 1881, 407. — „Mora'- ,6V«//; or ^Moora" //orMs,. , Society Is. — 

 ^Doloa", Samoa Is. (iriiffe). — „Toloa", Tonga Is. Grliffe] and Niuafou [lliihiur . — ^Ngaloa'". Fiji Is. /.«//.. 

 — nNia", New Caledonia (Verr.) — ^Atabar" (Kuh.) or ^Tabarr" (Tetem), Pelew Is. 



Sorieti/ Ts.: Tahiti (Peak, Iluaheine iWdhse.j — Samoa Is. Piah itv. . — Tonya Is. Peale 

 etc.) — Niuafou Iliihncr). — I'lji Is. [Peale, Griiffe, Lay.}. — New Hebrides: Aneiteum i'lhstr.', 

 Santo (Lay.). — Loi/alty Is.: y Lifu (Lay.). — Xew Caledonia (Verr. Lay.). — J'elew Is. (Tetem. 

 Kub.j. — Java ; Austro-Malaya ; Austialia ; New Zealand. 



348. ? Anas gibberifrons. 



Anas punctata var. (/Vny, P. Z. S. 1859, 166; id. B, Trop. Is. 55; Ven-.et Des M. Kev. Zool. I860, 

 442. — Mareca castanea Mmir (y nee <ihl.). Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; id. Ibis 1877. 363: Lay. ib. 

 1882. 538. 544. — ftuerquedula gibberifrons S. Miill.\, Lay. Ibis 1878, 266. — Anas gibberifrons Schleg. 

 Mus. P. B. Anseres 1866, 58; Sclai. P. Z. S. 1880, 519; 1882, 453 pi. 33; Sahad. Orn. Pap. 1882 III, 399; 

 .Sale, el Sclat. Ibis 1882, 538 note. 



3>Jf Caledonia I'crr., Lay. . — Malay Archipelago; Australia; New Zealand. 



The above references almost certainly concern only one species. Mr. Layard enumerates but 

 line in his list of New Caledonian birds, but, in calling it M. castanea, he follows M. Marie iLay. 1. c). 

 The hitters list also contains only M. castanea. Here the name may probably be traced rightly to 

 J. Verreaux. whose assistance M. Marie appears to have received when compiling his list (Salv. et Sclat. 

 Ibis 1877, 361 1, and fmni whom the Lcyden Museum received an adult femalu sjtecinien labelled A. castanea. 

 This specimen was indentitied by Schlegel as A. gibberifrons. Females of A. castanea, however, 

 resemble both males and females of ,\. gibberifrons so closely that a mistake is always possible. 



349.* Chaulelasmus couesi. 



V Anas strepera Fur.sl. Dcsct. An. 1844. 156; Harll. Wiegiii. Arch. 1852, 136 (var.) — 



? Chaulelasmus strepera, var.? Gray. B. Trop. Is. 55. — Chaulelasmus couesi Streets, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club 

 1876 1, 46: id. Hull. V. S. Nat. Mus. 1877 no. 7, 21: id. Amer. Nat. 1877 XI, 68; Sdat. P. Z. S. 1880, 520. 

 Was/iiuf/fon Id. (Streets. — (?) Tahiti 'Forst.. 



Forster met with a species of Gadwall on the Society Islands and identified it with A. strepera 



Linn. It is much more likely that is was C. couesi, for the range of that species doubtless extends 

 bevond Washington Island, the only locality as yet known for it. 



350. Spatula rhynchotis. 



Anas rhynchotis L<itli. Ind. Orn. Spl. p. LX\. — Rhynchaspis rynchotis Stejih. Gen. Zool. XII, 12^: 

 Btdler, B. N. Zeal. 2nd ed. 1888 II, 271. — Ehynchaspis maculatns aid. in Jard.etSelb. 111. Orn. Ill pi. 

 147 (9). — Spatula rhynchotis r;;v.y, List Anseres 1844, 140; GId. B. Austr. 1848 VII pi. 12; -l/n/iV, Actes 

 S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII: Gray, H. L. 1871 III, 85 no. 10677: Marie, Ibis 1877, 3li3: Lay. ib. 1882, 538, 544. 



New Caledonia (Marie, Lay.,. — Australia and Ta>mania. 



