^^^^•J SPECIES OF ANATID.*,. 599 



28. (Edemia AMERICANA, Sw. American Scoter. 

 (Edemia americana, Baird, B. N. A. p. 807. 

 Hab. North America. 



Not known in captivity. 



29. (Edemia fusca (Linn.) Velvet Scoter. 



Oidemiafusca, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 29. 



Sab. Palaearctic and Arctic Regions 



j^f";^^''""?/^"*' the Velvet Scoter was obtained from Holland in 

 18o3 (Rep. Council, 1853, p. 16). " '" 



30. (Edemia velvetina, Cassin. American Velvet Scoter. 

 (Edemia velvetina, Baird, B. N. A. p. 805. 



Hab. Northern America. 

 Not known in captivity. 



31. (Edemia PERSPiciLLATA (Linn.). Surf-Scoter. 

 Oidemia perspicillala, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 30. 

 Hab. North America ; rare in Europe. 



if dttincT''" '" ''P'"''-"^' '' ^' '^^° "°' '^' ^^''^'^^ ®- iroMdffii, 



Genus Tachyeres. 



32. Tachyeres cinereus (Gm.). Loggerhead Duck. 

 Tachyeres cinereus, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 482. 

 Hab. Antarctic America. 



cL^'lf^ '^""'Pj' ef f^>« ^'Pecies was received by the Society from 

 Capt. Moore, of the Falklands, in 1861. (See P. I S. 186], ^367 ) 



H. Subfam. VII. ERISMATURIN^. 

 The Lake-Ducks are not facile subjects for domestication and I 



Genus Biziura. 

 1. Biziura lobata (Shaw). Musk-Duck. 

 Hiziura lobata, Gould, B. Austr. vii. t. 18. 

 Hab. Australia. 



Genus Thalassornis. 

 Difck.'^"'''^""'''''''' LEUCONOTA (Smith). Wlnte-baeked Lake- 



Thalassornis leuconota, Sirith, 111. S. Afr. ZooL, Aves t 107 

 -ff^rrJ. Lakes of South Africa. ' ' 



