124 ARRIGONI DEGLI ODDI. 



It was shot by ihe punL-gunner I. jMinotlo on Üic porl 

 of Tre Porti, near Veiiice, Octobcr Ihe 6'" 1897. 



N° 1587 of my Collection. — Yoiing fcmalc of tlic year. 

 Semi-albino variety. 



This is a yoimg female of the yoar in which it oxists 

 again maiiy brown stripes on nnderparts, niimorons cilges 

 on fcathorsof upperparts, clc. ; it has a rathcr broad white 

 collar on tlie forepart of neck, the white is sparkling and 

 slightly yellowish. 



I killed myself thisinteresting speeimen on the Lake of 

 Cassaura in my salt Val/e Zappa on September the 9'" 

 üf 1896. 



Nyroca africana (Gmelin\ — Ferruginons Duck. 



N° 1333 of my Collection. — Adnit male. — Semi-albino 

 variety. 



This a speeimen of rather small dimensions ; the neck 

 presents a broad and large pnre-white collar which occu- 

 pies the anterior and lateral portion, the colour being nor- 

 mal on the posterior one. This collar is as sizc like to the 

 Space blackish-brown which we generally see in this spe- 

 cies. The white spot on the chin, usnally so small, is at 

 least tenfold in extension, occupying also the higher part 

 of throat : the general colonr is also faded; the feathers on 

 the breast and abdomen edged ; it wants also the white 

 abdominal space, which is substitnted by greyish feathers 

 broadly edged with dnsty-white and intensely buflish co- 

 loured. 



This speeimen was killed by myself near the month of 

 the river Po del Bastimento on September the i^^ 1895. 



N° 2250 of my Collection. — Only head and neck of an 

 adnlt male in spring-dress. — Semi-albino variety. 



On the forepart of neck one sees a broad spot pure 

 white ; chin white as usual. 



Mr. Camillo Dal Finme kindly made me a present of 



