ANATlNiK — THE DUCKS - NU-MUNYX. lU'J 



Nomonjrz dominicua. 



THE MASKED DUCK. 



Anns qurrqucdtda (inninkcnsia, Blii.s.s. Orn. VI. ITtiO, 472 (.St. Dutuiiigo). 



AtmsdoiiUHka, I.IN.v. S. N, cd. 12, 1. 17tit), 201 (e.\ liuis.s. 1. c. ). 



ErisiiuUtira dommiai, Eyton, Mon. Aniit. 18H8, 172. — Baiuu, \\. N. Am. 1858, 025; ed. 1860, jil. 



02 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1800, no. GIO. — C'ouk.s, Key, 1872, 20.1 ; Cli.'<'k List, 1873, no. 520 ; B. N. 



VV. 1874, J). .183 (foot-notf). — Sci,. & .Sai.v. I'. /. S. 1870, 405 (monosrui.liic). 

 Xiimmi i/.i: dumiiiini.H, BiDdw. Pi'oo. U. S. Nat. Miw. Vol. 2, 1880, 15 ; Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 



035. — t'ouKH, Clicrk List, 2d (id. 1882, no. 742. 

 Sarccllc, dc la Guiuldimpc, Wvvv. PI. EnL 1770-1784, jd. 967 (fcmulo). 

 Aniui apinosii, O.mkl, S. N. L ii. 1788, 522 (vx Wvvv. 1. c). 

 Erlsmtitxtra or/ijijuklts, " Hill," Gosse, Bird.s Jam. 1847, 406 ; IDnstr. B. Jam. jd. 113. 



Hau. Tropical Ainciiica at large ; accidental in Eastern North America (Wiscon.siii, Kumlien ; 

 Lake ClmnipLiin, Cauot). 



Si'. Oil All. Ailitlf imili;, in full jilumwje : Neck all round, back, and sides dark cinnanion-Lrown, 

 tiie two latter witii tlie leathers streaked centrally, broadly, and conspicuously, with black. Lower 

 parts yellowish rusty, the leathers occasionally showing their brownish ceutres. Entire lore part 



of the head, including the chin, cheeksj and pilenni, black, the eye being about mid way between 

 the bill and the posterior edge of the black ; the occiput, however, like the neck. Wings brown, 

 with a conspicuous white speculum on the greater coverts. Tail brown ; lining of wings gray, the 

 axillars white. Length, about 14.50 inches ; wing, 5.75 ; tail, 4.25 ; culnien, 1.37 ; commissure, 

 l.CO ; tarsus, l.IO ; middle toe and claw, 2.10.^ Adult jnale (»i second year ?) (No. 42014. Spanish 

 Town, Jamaica, April, 18GG ; W. T. March) : Pileuni, two stripes along side of the head, and gen- 

 eral color of the upper i)art9, black ; spaces between the black stripes of the head, including cheeks 

 and chin, dull white ; neck and jugulnm ferruginous, with a purplish-chestnut tinge ; rest of lower 

 parts dull ochraceous, stained with ferruginous, the feathers with concealed central dusky spot. 

 Middle and greater wing-coverts, basal portion of lower secondaries, and axillars uniform pure 

 white. Dorsal region transversely barred and bonlered with ferruginous. " Bill black, under 

 mandible fleshy ; tail twenty-two feathers." Wing, 5.50 inches ; tail, 3.90 ; culmen, 1.30 ; tarsus, 

 I.OO ; middle toe, 1.80. Adult femxile (Sumner, Wis., summer, 1870 ; T. Kumlien ; Coll. Boston 

 Society) : Similar to the male, but black less deep and not so uniform, the ferruginous paler, or 

 replaced by ochraceous and spotted with black ; abdomen dull ochraceous-white ; wing-speculum 

 smaller. Wing, 5.50 inches ; tail, 3.50 ; culmen, 1.30 ; tarsus, .90 ; middle toe, 1.75. 



* Described from thu specimen obtuiuud on Lake Chanipluin by Dr. Cabot, now in the Museum of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History. 



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