300 DR. P. L.SCLATER ON THE GENUS DENDROCYGNA. [June 28, 
3. DENDROCYGNA ARBOREA. 
Anas arborea, Linn. 
Dendrocygna arborea, Eyton, Anat. p. 110; Gosse, B. Jam. 
p- 395 ; Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 366. 
Hab. Jamaica (Gosse) ; Ste. Croix (Newton). 
Mus. Brit. 
We have lately received living specimens of this fine species from 
the West Indies. 
4, DENDROCYGNA GUTTULATA. 
“ Dendrocygna guttulata, Mill.” MS. 
Hab. Celebes (Menado), Bouru, and Gilolo (Wallace). 
Mus. Brit. et dom. Wallace. 
I have not been able to find any reference to Miller’s description 
of this very distinct species. 
5. DENDROCYGNA ARCUATA. 
Anas areuata et javanica, Horsf. Zool. Res. et Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xiii. p. 199. 
Mareca awsuree, Sykes. 
Hab. Java (Horsf.); Sumatra (Wallace); India, common 
(Blyth); Nepal (Hedgs.); Int. of Africa (Brit. Mus. ex Denham 
and Clapperton); Kordofan (Heuglin). ’ 
This species is readily known from the two following (which are’ 
nearly allied to it) by its ferruginous upper tail-coverts. 
6. DENDROCYGNA MAJOR. 
Dendrocygna major, Jerdon, Ill. Ind. Orn. pl. 22. 
“« Dendrocygna arcuata,” Newton, Ibis, 1863, pp. 175, 460. 
Hab. Peninsula of India (Jerdon) ; Madagascar (Roch). 
The occurrence of this species in Madagascar is very curious. I 
should have expected rather to have found the D. arcuata; and it is 
possible both species may occur ; but the specimens of Dr. Roch 
which I have examined (now in the Museum of the Royal Institution 
at Woolwich) are certainly Dendrocygna major. 
7. DENDROCYGNA VAGANS. 
“ Dendrocygna vagans, Kyton, MS.;” Cat. of Galline, &c., p. 131 
(no description). 
Dendrocygna arcuata, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pl. 14. 
D. gouldi, Bp. Compt. Rend. xliii. p. 649. 
Anas badia, Mill. et Schl. Verh. Ethn. p. 159 (no description). 
Hab. Philippines, Manilla (Cuming) ; Celebes, Macassar (Wal- 
lace); E. Timor (Wallace) ; N. Australia (Gould). 
Mus. Brit. et dom. Wallace. 
This species is figured by Mr. Gould as D. arcuata in his ‘ Birds 
of Australia.’ It has received names from Mr. Eyton and Messrs. 
Miller and Schlegel, but, as far as I know, has never been described. 
