iSSS-l Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 6^ 



Genus Mareca Steph. 

 il/rtrecrt Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII, pt. II, p. 130. 1S24. 



Mareca americana (Gmel.). .. 



Anas americana Gmel. Svst. Nat. 11, p. 526 (178S). — D'Orb. in La Sa-^ra's 

 Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 293 (1S40).— Sundev. OefV. K. Vet. Akad. 

 For. 1S69, p. 603 (Porto Ricoi. 



Mareca americana Goii^K. Bds Jam. p. 408 (1S47). — ^Cab. J. ['. O. 18^7, 

 p. 227 (Cuba). — Brewer. Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 

 (i860) (Cuba). — Newton, Ibis, i860, p. 308 (St. Thomas).— M.\rch. 

 Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 71 (Jamaica). — Guxdl. Repert. 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba. I, p. 388 (1S66) : ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. 378 (Cuba) ; 

 ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 402 (1878) (Porto Rico).— 

 A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 113 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. 

 W. I. p. 31 (1SS5). 



Accidental in winter in the West Indies : records from Cuba, 

 Jamaica, Porto Rico, and St. Thomas. 



Cairina moschata is given by numerous writers from Cuba 

 and Jamaica. It is claimed to have been introduced. 



Genu.s Querquedula Stepii. 

 ^lierquedula Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII, p. 149, 1824. 



Querquedula discors (Linn.). ^ 



Anas discors Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 205 (1766).— D'Orb. in La Sagra's 

 Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 294 (1840).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. 

 For. 1869, p. 591 (St. Bartholomew) ; ib. p. 603 (Porto Rico). 



Cyanopterus discors Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 401 (1847). 



Cyanopterus inornatus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 402 (1847). — Albrecht, 

 J. f. O. 1862, p. 206 (Jamaica). 



Querquedula discors Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 237 (San Domingo). — Bry- 

 ant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, b. 122 (1859) (Bahamas).— ScL. 

 P. Z. S. 1861, p. 82 (Jamaica).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 1864, p. 71 (Jamaica). ^ — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 389 

 (1S66).— Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VIII, p. loi (1867) (Sombrero).— 

 GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874 , p. 314 (Porto Rico) ; ib. 1875, p. 3S0 (Cuba) ; 

 ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 404 (187S) (Porto Rico).— 

 Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 186 (1880).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. 

 Jamaica, p. 113 (1881). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 168 

 (1885). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 31 (18S5).— Wells, List Bds. 

 Grenada, p. 10 (1886). 



Pterocyanea discors Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 30S (1S60) 

 (Cuba). 



