675 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Apr. 4, 



(1866) et J. fiir Orn, 1875, p. 3/5 (Cuba) ; Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H. xi. (1866) p. 70 (Inagua) ; Sclil. Mus. des P.-B. Anseres, 

 p. 84 ; Scl. & Salv. Noniencl. p. 73. 



Black billed Whistling Buck, Edw. &lean. t. 193. 

 Canard Siffleur de la Janiaique, BufF. PI. Eiil. 804. 

 Anas jacquini, Gni. S. N. i. p. 536, ex Jacquin, Beitr. p. 5. 

 n. 3(?). 



Fusco-brunnen, capite ochraceseentiore, nucha cum stria colli postici 

 nigra, torque collari nigra variegata ; dorsi plumis et tectrici- 

 bus alarum marginibus pallidioribus ornatis, his quoque nigra 

 maculatis ; subtus gutture ioto albo, pectore fulvescente, abdo- 

 7nine, pracipue in hypochondriis, albo nigroque variegato ; darso 

 postico et Cauda nigris ; alis ci7iereis, remigibus fusco ter- 

 minatis ; rostra et pedibus nigris : long, tota I8"5, caudce 30, 

 rastri a 7-ictn 2"2, tarsi 2"o, dig. med. cum u?igue 2'8 (Descr. 

 exempl. ex Jamaica in Mus. Brit.). 

 Hab. Cuba (Gundlach) ; Jamaica (Gosse, March) ; St. Croix 

 (Newton fr.). 



This Tree-duck is a resident in Cuba, where, according to Dr.Gund- 

 lalch, it is common. It is said to rest during the day and to visit the 

 lagoons towards dusk. It nests from June to September. Mr. March 

 remarks that is a permanent resident in Jamaica, frequenting the 

 lagoons and morasses where mangroves abound, and feeding by night 

 as well as by day. The habits of this species in Jamaica are also 

 fully described by Mr. Grosse (/. c). Numerous flocks frequent the 

 millet-fields in Jamaica from December to the end of February. They 

 are described as beating down the corn as they descend in compact 

 flocks, and then picking the grain from the ears trampled under foot, 

 which they cannot otherwise reach as it stands erect. In this manner 

 they do a considerable amount of damage. The species is easily tamed, 

 but does not appear to breed in confinement. 



In St. Croix the Messrs. Newton state that the " Mangrove- 

 Duck " is pretty common ; but they are unable to say for certain 

 whether it breeds in the island. It is more often heard than seen, 

 its habit being to resort to its feeding-ground at night and to rest 

 during the day iu the recesses of the mangrove-swamps. 



5. Dendrocygna viduata. 



Anasviduata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 205 (1766) ; Jacquin, Beitr. i.p. 3, 

 t. i. ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 536 (1788) (Cartagena) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. 

 p. 132(1823) ; Max. Beitr. iv. p. 921 (Brazil); Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. 

 p. 434. 



Bendrocygna viduata, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 1 10 ( 1838) ; Cab. in 

 Schomb. Guiana, iii. p. 762 ; Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 28 ; Tsch. P.P. p. 54 ; 

 D'Orb. Voy. i. p. 448 ; Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 515 (Tucuman) ; 

 J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 266 ; Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 388, J. fiir Orn. 

 1875, p. 377 (Cuba); Scl. P.Z.S. 1864, p. 299; Leot. Ois. Trin. 

 p. 509 (1866) (Trinidad) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 200 (Uca- 

 yah), 1869, p. 160 (Rep. Arg.), et Nomencl. p. 129 ; Schl. Mus. des 



