6o Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [January 



Dendrocygnus arborea Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 



(i860). 

 Dendrocygna antiDnnalis? Taylor, Ibis, 1S64, p. 172. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Head with black band on the crown, continuing in 

 narrow stripes to the nape ; forehead and over the eje reddish 

 brown, shading into dull white on the throat, and mottled brown 

 and white on the sides of the head and neck ; breast and upper parts 

 brown, the feathers broadly edged with tawny ; rump and tail black ; 

 underparts brownish white, heavily spotted and banded upon the 

 sides, the spots becoming very small and faint upon the abdomen; 

 most of the primaries slate-color, becoming brownish at the tips; 

 legs and bill black. 



Length, 21.00; wing, 11.25; tarsus, 2.60; bill 2.00. 

 Habitat. Bahamas and Antilles. 



Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linn.). 



Anas autumnalis Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 205 (1766). 



Dendrocygna autumnalis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 398 (1847). — Albrecht, 



J. f. O. 1862, p. 206 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 



1864, p. 70 (Jamaica). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 112 



(1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 30 (1SS5). 



Accidental in Jamaica. 



Dendrocygna viduata (Linn.)- 



Anas viduata'Liisti. Syst. ^At. I, p. 205 (1766).— Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, 



p. 536 (17SS).— ViEiLL. Enc. Meth. p. 132 (1823). 

 Dendrocygna viduata Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. no (1838).— Albrecht, 

 J. f. O. i86i,p. 214.— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 388 



(1866); ib.]. f. O. 1S75, p. 377.— ScL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1S76, p. 



376.— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. W. Bds. I, p. 481 (1884).— 



Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 30 (1885). 

 Dendrocygnus viduata Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 



(i860). 



Sp. Char, il/rt/c;— Entire front of head, including eye, cheeks and chin, 

 white, tinged with brovvn ; a patch of white on the middle of the 

 thi-oat, connecting with the white upper throat and chin by a narrow 

 white line; rest of head and neck black; breast and upper back 

 rufous brown ; sides of the body thickly banded with narrow black 

 and white lines; centre of the belly and lower breast black; feath- 

 ers on the back edged with tawny; wings black; carpus and 

 shoulder chestnut brown ; wing-coverts showing an olive tinge ; bill 

 black; feet black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 19.00; wing, 9,00; tail, 4.00; tarsus, 2.00; bill, 2.00. 



