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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Species studied 



By Finn 



Dafila spmicauda.= Anas spinicauda 

 Vieillot 



By Garrod 



Cygnus buccinator Richardson 



Cygnus nigricoUis=Cyg7ius melancori- 



phus (Molina) 

 Afiser segetum — Anser fabah's (Latham) 

 Bernicla canadensis — Br anta canadensis 



(Linn6) 

 Chloephaga sp. 

 Dendrocygna fulva= Dendrocygna bicolor 



(Vieillot) 

 Dendrocygna viduata (Linne) 

 Dendrocygna autiimnalis (Linn^) 

 Tadorna rutila = Casarca ferniginea 



(Pallas) 

 Querquedula crecca— Anas crecca Linne 

 Dafila spinicauda = Anas spinicauda, 



Vieillot 

 Mareca penelope (Linne) 

 Aix galericulala— Dendronessa galericu- 



lata (Linn6) 

 Metopiana peposaca (Vieillot) 

 Fuligula cristata= Nyroca fuligula 



(Linn6) 



Mergus albellus= Mergellus albellus 



(Lmn6) 

 Mergus castor = Mergus serrator Linn6 



By Glenny 



Cygnus columbianus (Ord) (2) 

 Cygnus olor (Gmelin) 

 Chen caerulescens (Linn6) 

 Chen atlantica Kennard 

 Anser albifrons albifrons (Scopoli) 

 Bra7ita canadensis canadensis (Linn6) 

 Branta canadensis leucopareia Brandt 

 Alpochen aegyptiaca (Linne) 

 Coscoroba coscoroba (Molina) 

 Nyroca coUaris (Donovan) (2) 

 Nyroca marila nearctica (Stejneger) 

 Bucephala clangula americana (Bona- 

 parte) 

 Bucephala albeola (Linn6) 

 Clangula hyemalis (Linn6) (2) 

 Oidemia nigra americana Swainson 

 Melanitta fusca deglandi (Bonaparte) 



(3) 

 Melanitta perspicillata (Linn6) (2) 

 Mergus merganser americanus Cassin 

 Mergus serrator Linn6 (3) 



Order FALCONIFORMES 



Carotids A-1; type A coracoid artery; t^^pe 1 thoracic artery; 

 ligamentum aortae present; ligamentum botalli usually present, but 

 may be reduced in length or more rarely remain as a linea botalli; 

 vertebrals and superficial cervicals usually arise separately — the 

 latter posterior to the vertebrals, but in some instances these vessels 

 may have a common root from the common carotid artery. 



References: Bauer, 1825; Beddard, 1898; Garrod, 1873; Glenny, 

 1941a. 



Family Cathartidae 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Cathartes atratus—Coragyps air at us 



(Bechstein) 

 Gyparchus papa = Sar cor amphus papa 



(Linn6) 



By Glenny 



Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw) 

 Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied 



Family Sagittariidae 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Sepentarius reptilivorus = Sagittarius serpentarius (J. F. Miller) 



