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QUERQUEDULA PUNA. 
ANAS PUNA TSCHUDI. 
Found in the elevated plains. The crown, the sides of the head 
to below the eyes, and neck are black, faintly dark green, shining ; 
this colour extends along the middle line of the neck nearly to the | 
fore part of the back, gradually changing into smoky brown. The 
back is brown, each feather having a whitish-brown edge; there is 
sometimes a transverse light streak in the middle of the feathers ; 
on the hind part of the back this colour changes to olive-green. The 
upper wing coverts are dull lead-colour. The ‘‘ Spiegel” is light 
ereen, bordered by a blackish band, which is edged by a white band. 
There is a white band in front of the ‘‘ Spiegel.” The wing feathers 
are brown, sometimes. lighter along the inner edge; there is an 
oblique whitish margin at the tips. The ‘ Eekfluigel” are long 
brown purplish violet, shining. There is a more or less broad whitish- 
brown streak along the margin of the short feathers of the Uropygium. 
Uropygium and tail feathers greyish brown, with fine white transverse 
lines. The lower part of the face below the eyes, the sides of the neck, 
and the throat are dirty white. The breast is light whitish-brown, with 
_ dark-brown nearly heart-shaped spots, which are smaller and more 
numerous on the front part of the neck; these spots are always in 
the middle of the feathers, behind the tip, which is edged with light 
brown; each of these feathers has two or three alternate white and 
brown cross bands. Abdomen light grey, with numerous fine white 
and brown cross bands, which are broader and darker on the inguinal 
region. ‘The bend of the wing and the lower marginal wing coverts 
~ are lead-coloured, like the upper smaller wing coverts; the middle 
are white. Beak greenish, blackish on the base of the upper jaw 
and along the median line. Tarsi dark purplish red, passing into 
- greenish black. Total length one foot eight inches. Bill two inches 
three lines. Wing eight inches six lines. Tarsus oneinch. Propor- 
tion of tarsus to wing 1.2.2.—From Tschudi Fauna Peruana, p. 308. 
QUERQUEDULA CRECCOIDES. 
Quer.—Pallide brunnea-grisea, sparsa notataque dorso imo ptilis- 
que fascis hie apice rufo, speculo nigro, fulvo marginato. 
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