64 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus FHILACTE Bannister. 



Philade Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. Type, 

 Anas canagica Sevast. 



176. Philacte canagica (Sevast.). 



Emperor Goose. 



Anas canagica Sevastianoff, N. Act. Petrop. XIII. 1800, 346. 

 Philacte canagica Bannister, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. 



[B 573, C 482, R 598, C 698.] 



Geog. Dist. — Coast and islands of Alaska north of the Penin- 

 sula ; chiefly about Norton Sound and valley of the Lower Yukon ; 

 Commander Islands, Kamchatka ; casually southward to Humboldt 

 Bay, California. 



Genus DENDROCYGNA Swainson. 



Dendrocygna Swainson, Classif. Birds, II. 1837, 365. Type, 

 A7ias arcuata Cuv. 



177. Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linn.). 



Black-bellied Tree-duck. 



Anas autumnalis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 127. 

 Dendrocygna autumnalis Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 1838, 109. 



[B 574, C 487, R 599. C 706.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southwestern border of the United States and 

 southward (Mexico, West Indies, etc.). 



178. Dendrocygna fulva (Gmel.). 



Fulvous Tree-duck. 



Anas fulva Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 530. 



Dendrocygna fulva Burmeister, Reise durch die La Plata 

 Staaten, 1856, 515. 



