ANHKRIN^E - TllK (JEESK — DENDUOCVCNA. 



481 



ikwl with 

 L:k. llnh. 



iilxloint'ii, 



I, lik'.' the 

 liiUUo too, 



, (il)rui>lly 



L'U. 



C Cri88uni black. 



4. D. vlduata.' Urcast and lower neck (nil rouiul), rich chcHtiuit ; Hides pule liilvoiw or 

 yelluwl.sh white, barred with bliickisii ; ab<b)iueii black ; lorciPiiit nl iiiad wliitc; rent nt' head and 

 uplier part of neck black, with a white patch uu the loreucck. ILA. Southern South America. 



Dendrocycna autumnalis. 



THE BLAOX-BELLIEO TREE DUCK. 



Anas autumiudis, Linn. S. N. 1. 1706, 205 (based on the Ikd-hilkd Whistling Buck; KnwAlius, pi. 



104 ; West Indies). 

 JJcndniri/tjna autumnaliH, Kyton, Mono;{. Aunt. 1838, 109.— IIaiisk, II. N. Am. 18,^8, 770; Cat. N. 



Am. H. 18.')l>, no. 5H. — CiifKs, Key, 1872, '.'84 ; Check List, 1873, no. 487 ; 'M ed. 188'->, no. 



700 ; Hirds N. W. 1874, 558. - Xvi.. & Sai.v. I'. Z. S. 1870, 374 (monographic). 

 Dendrocyauiautumnalis, lUuow. Xom. N. Aiu. li. 1881, no. 51U>. 



Had. Middle America ond .^uulliwestern border of United States ; West Indies. Replaced 

 in South America by the D. uutumiKilin discohn: 



Sp. Char. Adult : Pileum, neck, back, scapulars, ju>;uluin, and hreast cinnamon-brown ; the 

 forehead puler, the occijiut jiassin^' itosteriorly into black (which is continued in a narrow stripe 



; back and 

 ite. Wing. 

 2.S0. Hah. 

 u\, Buenos 



7). mttumnalis. 



r. 1873, 73 ; 



down the nape), and the dorsal region more i'erru,!,'inou8. Head and upper part of the neck, except 

 as described, pale ochraceous-ashy. Abdomen, Hanks, rump, and lininj,' of the wing deep black, 

 abruptly defined against the cinnamon of the breast ; crissum white, spotted with black. Lesser 

 wing-coverts light cinereous, overlaid by an ochraceuus-olive wash ; ndddle coverts purer ash ; 

 greater and primary coverts pure white, the lower feathers of the latter dusky ; secondaries, pri- 



' Dendrocycna viduata. 



Anas viduata, Linn. S. N. I. 1760, 205. 



Dendroajgna viduata, Evton, Monog. Anat. 1838, 110. —Set. & Salv. Nom. Neotr. 1873, 129 j 



P. Z. S. 1876, 376 (nionogniphic). — CoUES, B. N. W. 1874, 559 (synonymy). 

 Caiiard du maragnon. Buff. PI. Enl. 808. 

 Pato caro bianco, Azara, Apunt. III. 1805, no. 435. 

 Hah. .South America in general ; Cuba. 

 VOT,. I. — CA 



