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Inhabits Australia. First sent to England by Lieutenant Breton — 
- from Swan River. The specimens were in the collection of the 
Zoological Society. . 
“ERISMATURA DOMINICA. 
_ Eris. Mas.—Ferrugineus, capite anteriore atro; speculo albo. 
Eris. Fem.—Brunnea, lineis albis infra et per oculos, occipite 
tendentibus ; speculo mare simili. 
DOMINICAN DUCK. 
Maile, ferruginous Bok, with the head anteriorly black; the wing- 
spot white. 
Fem. brown duck, with a “white streak through the eye, and 
another below it extending to the eee wing-spot as in the 
mate. 
IN. IN.. 
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Male:-fore part of the head sooty black; the hind part of the 
-neck, back, scapulars, flanks, and rump ferruginous; wing coverts 
brown; quills ashy black, with the wing-spot white; tail black; 
throat, streak through the eye, and another below it, light ferru- 
ginous ; bill and legs lead-coloured. 
Fem.: with the back deep brown; flanks light brown, barred with 
darker; head deep brown, slightly undulated with ferruginous; 
under parts silvery grey, undulated with brown; a dusky white 
streak passes through the eye, and another below it; wing-spot 
white; bill lead-coloured; legs brown. 
Anas DOMINICA s.ssiciscsecseese Linn. Syst. 1. 201. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 521. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 874. 
Fuligula DoMinicds..sccicccreses Steph. Sh. Zool. 12, 203. 
Querquedula Dominicensis ..... Briss. Orn. 6. 472. 
ANAS 6PUNOSO 25 Facies 1d on cape Gmel, Syst. 1. 522. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 874. 
Ans DOMINICA ssecccicercedecces P. Max. Bat. Nat. Braz. 4. 
938. 
