133° 
Sarcelle de la Guadaloupe...... Buff. Pl. Enl. 988. 
Sarcelle a queue. epineuse de 
otk CMUCRIE Sata hes cacctehslecsbevss Buff. Pl. Hnl. 968. - 
Spinous-tailed Duck ......0.000. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 554. 
Erismatura ortygoides ......+.. G. Hill, in Gosse, p. 406. 
A female specimen is in the British Museum. Both male and 
female are in our own collection, obtained from Jamaica. It aiso, 
according to Prince Maximilian, inhabits Brazil. . 
NESONETTA AUCLANDICA. 
Nes.—Brunnea, dorso alisque eneo tinctis. 
Nes.—Brown, the back and wings tinged with «neous. 
Nesonetia Auclandicd 1,-1.0... Gray. Gen. An. 
Mergus Australis ....ccccerceeee Homb. and Jacq. in An. Se. 
Nat. 15. 320. 
We have not seen this bird, but it certainly does not belong to the 
Hrismaturine. 
MERGUS MERGANSER. 
Mer. Mas.—Capite colloqgue superiore viridibus; scapularibus 
primoribusque atris ; corpore subtus albo. 
Mer. Fem.—Capite rufo; corpore subtus cinerascenti-albo. 
COMMON MERGANSER. 
Male mer. with the head and upper part of the neck green; the 
scapulars and primaries black; below white. 
Female, with the head rufous ; below ashy white. 
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Male: head and neck deep glossy green, the former crested; 
upper part of the back and scapulars black; lower part of the back, 
tail, and secondary coverts hoary grey; quills and secondaries brown; 
tertiaries white, beautifully edged with black; bill red, with the 
margins and culmen black; legs, feet, and webs orange; irides hazel. 
_ Fem.: head and upper part of the neck rufous brown, the former 
_ erested on the occiput ; throat white; lower part of the neck, breast, 
