3/2 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



PISOBIA FUSCICOLLIS (Vieillot). 



Tringa fuscicollis Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXIV, 1819, p. 461 

 (Paraguay). 

 Common at Las Guacos, San Feliz River during May, 1907. 



GALLINAGO PARAGUAIAE (Vieillot). 



Scolopax paraguaiae Vieill., Nouv. Diet. III. 1816. p. 356. 

 GaUinago paraguaiae Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 



Native name Cogelas todas. Not uncommon along the marshy 

 borders of small streams that cross the savannas, and widely dis- 

 tributed over the savannas themselves during the rainy season. The 

 species was noted at all points visited along the river. 



GALLINAGO BRASILIENSIS (Swainson). 

 Scolopax Brasiliensis Swainson, Faun. Boreal. Am. 1831 : p. 400 



(Brazil). 

 Gallinago brasiliensis Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1913 : p. 192. 



(Orinoco delta, Cano Corosal). 



Stone records specimens from Cano ' Corosal (Orinoco delta 

 country). - 



ANATIDAE DUCKS, GEESE, ETC. 



CAIRINA MOSCHATA (L.). 



Anas moschata L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1758. p. 124. 

 Cairina moschata Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 131. 



Native names Pato real; Pato negro. Common. 



Eye seal brown ; bill black ; bare skin about face black, the caruncles 

 at base of bill and about face black at their base, pale scarlet at their 

 free ends; feet black. 



The Pato real when not feeding spends much of its time in the 

 large trees bordering streams. During the rainy season it feeds 

 almost entirely on the open savannas but as the dry season advances 

 it is driven more to the wooded banks of ponds and streams. It is 

 exceedingly wary -and the native hunter considers himself fortunate 

 to bag a pato negro. They may be often seen completely domesticated 

 and breeding about the native houses. , 



Five ducklings, an entire brood, three or four days old, were 

 taken at Las Barrancas, San Feliz River, May 30, 1907. 



