124 ANAT1DA1. 



Mareca americana. AMERICAN WIGEON. 



Anas americana, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 526 (1788). 



Mareca americana, Macg. v. p. 90 ; Gray, p. 192 ; Gould, 



Introd. p. cxxiv. 

 Anas americana, Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 292; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 293 ; 



Harting, p. 159. 

 The American Wigeon, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 196. 



Americana American. 



Six or seven specimens have been recorded as obtained in 

 various parts of Great Britain, none of which can have 

 escaped from confinement, since none are yet known (Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 514) to have been imported into Europe. It 

 abounds in North America, migrating southwards to Guate- 

 mala in winter. 



Genus DAFILA, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii. pt. 2, 

 p. 126 (1824). 



Dafila, apparently an invented word of no meaning. 



Dafila acuta. PINTAIL. 

 Anas acuta, Linn&us, S. N. i. p. 202 (1766). 



Querquedula acuta, Macg. v. p. 65. 



Anas acuta, Naum. xi. p. 638 ; Hewitson, p. 403 ; Yarr. 



ed. 2, iii. p. 253 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 258 ; Harting, p. 62. 

 Dafila acuta, Gray, p. 192; Gould, v. pi. 18; Dresser, vi. 



p. 531. 

 The Pintail Duck, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 158. 



Acuta = sharp, pointed ; from acuo I sharpen. 



Breeds sparingly in Scotland and the extreme north of 

 England, occurring pretty plentifully in winter throughout 

 the United Kingdom. It inhabits both the Palsearctic and 

 Nearctic Regions, 



