AVES ANATID^. 46 1 



Coll. p. 533 (1882); Milne-Edwards, Faun. Reg. Austr. An. Sci. 

 Nat. (6), XIII, Art. IX. p. 45 (1882) ; Doering, Expl. al Rio Negro, 

 Zool. Aves, p. 54 (1882); White, R Z. S. 1883, p. 42; Barrows, 

 Auk, I. p. 274 (1884 : Entrerios) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 402 (Tara- 

 paca) ; Berl. J. f. O. 1887, p. 133; Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. II. 

 p. 134 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 425 (Buenos Aires) ; Scl. P. 

 Z. S. 1 89 1, p. 136 (Tarapaca) ; Finn. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 178; Oust. 

 Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, p. 209 (1891); Graham Kerr, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 146 (Fortin Donovan) ; Holland, t. c. p. 207 (Estancia 

 Espartilla, common resident, breeds in Oct.) ; James, New List Chil. 

 B. p. 9 (1892) ; Huds. Idle Days in Patagonia, p. 80 18(93) ; Alpin, 

 Ibis, 1894, p. 201 (Uruguay) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXVII, p. 

 279 (1895) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 194 (Tarapaca up to 12,000 feet: 

 Sacaya, breeds Oct.-Feb.) ; Schalow, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. IV. p. 674 

 (1891 : Ovalle, Oct.); Sharpe, Hand-list, B. I. p. (1899); Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. (2), XX. p. 632 (1900: Punta Arenas, May); 

 Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 25 (1900: Straits of 

 Magellan : Falkland Islands). 



Daphila urophasiauMS, Scl. (nee Vig.) P. Z. S. i860, p. 389 (Falkland 

 Isl.) ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 160 (Falkland Isl.). 



Anas [Dajila) spinicauda, Burm. J. f. O. i860, p. 266 (Mendoza) ; Milne- 

 Edwards, Faun. Reg. Austr. Ann. Sci. Nat. (6), XIII. Art. IX. p. 45 

 (1882). 



Anas [Dajila) caudacida, Burm. (nee Pall.) J. f. O. i860, p. 247 (Parana). 



Dafila, sp. Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandy Point). 



Dajila caudacula, Gray, Handl. B. III. p. 41, no. 10633 (1871 : Parana) 



Anas [Dajila) spinicanda, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 20. 



Daphila oxyitra, Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 247 

 (1888: Patagonia). 



Anas oxyurus, Lataste, Actes Soc. Scient. Chil. III. p. CXV (1893 : Col- 

 chagua, Jan.). 



General description. 



Size. — Adult male, 7832, P. U. O. C. Montes Ranch, near Mount 

 Tigre, Patagonia, 24th August, 1896. 

 Total length, about 20 inches. 

 Wing, 9.1. 



