ANATID&. 339 



[This species occurs in South America as well as in Africa 

 and Madagascar ; and Buffon's plate, the only one of this Duck 

 which I have been able to examine, represents an American 

 specimen. ED.] 



389. Mareca capensis (Gmel.). Cape-Wigeon. 



Querquedula capensis, Eyton's Anatidae, p. 128. 

 Mareca capensis, Layard's Cat. No. 652. 

 Anas capensis, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 422. 

 Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10640. 



This is rather a scarce Duck in Damara and Great 

 Namaqua Land ; but I have found it more abundant in 

 the immediate neighbourhood of Walwich Bay than else- 

 where in Damara Land. 



The iris is greenish yellow ; the upper mandible 

 purplish grey, except a small yellowish-pink patch below 

 the nostrils, which merges gradually into purplish grey ; 

 the under mandible pinkish ; the legs and toes grey, 

 mixed with brown. 



Average measurement of three males : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 15 9 



Length of folded wing 79 



tarsus ....... 1 7 



middle toe 1 11 



tail 28 



bill 20 



[This species has not been figured. ED.] 



390. Pcecilonetta erythrorhyncha (Smith). Red-billed Teal. 



Pcecilonitta erythrorhyncha, Smith's Zool. of S. Africa, pi. 104. 

 Anas erythrorhyncha, Layard's Cat. No. 653. 



,, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 422. 



Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost- Afrika's, p. 808. 



Nettion erythrorhyncha, Gray's "Hand-list of Birds, No. 106G8. 



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