388 MKSSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Apr. 4. 



7. QuERaUEDULA VERSICOLOR. 



Pato pico (le tres colores, Az. Apunt. no. 440 (Paraguay) unde 

 Anas versicolor, Vieill. N. D. v. p. 109 (1816), et Enc. Meth. 

 p. 3.53 (1823) ; Sclil. Mus. des P. B. Jnseres, p. 57. 



Querquedula versicolor, Cassin in Gilliss's Exp. ii. p. 203 (1856) 

 (Chili); Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 389 (Falklands) ; 1867, p. 335 

 (Chili); Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 161 (Falklands); Scl. & Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1868, p. 146 (Buenos Ayres) ; Ibis, 1870, p. 499 (Sandy 

 Point), et Nomencl. p. 129; Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc. iv. p. 499. 



Anas maculirostris, Licht. Doubl. p. 84 (1823), ex Azara ; Burm. 

 J. fiir Orn. 1860, p. 266, et La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 516 (Mendoza) ; 

 Sund. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 126 (Galapagos). 



Querquedula maculirostris. Gay, Faun. Chil. p. 452, Phil. & 

 Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 42. 



Pterocyanea maculirostris, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 28. 

 Anas fretensis, King, P. Z. S. 1830-31, p. 15 ; Jard. & Selb. 111. 

 Orn. iv. t. 29. 



Cyanopterus fretensis, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 131 (1838). 



Anas muralis, Merr. Ersch. & Grub. Enc. sect. i. vol. xxxv. p. 42. 



Supra nigra albo transfasciolata, fasciis in uropygio frequentiori- 



bus et angustioribus ; pileo fumoso-nigro unicolori, capitis late- 



ribus cum gutture tacteo-albis ; abtlomine albido, in pectore 



ochracescente induto et nigro guttata, i?i vertice magis albicante 



et nigro frequenter transfasciato ; alis extiis grisescenti-fuscis ; 



speculo purpurascenti-viridi, supra et subtus albo marginato et 



subtus fascia altera subterminali nigra ornato ; hypochondriis 



fasciis latis albis et nigris distincte notatis; rostro tiigro, macula 



ad mandibulce basin utritique aurantiaca,pedibus corylinis : long. 



tota 16'5, ala 7"6, caudce 3'4, tarsi 1*3, rostri a rictu \-9. 



Fern, mari similis sed coloribus paulo dilutioribiis et speculo 



alari obscuriore [Descr. exempl. ex Chilia (Leybold)'\. 



Hub. Paraguay (Azara) ; Buenos Ayres {Hudson) ; Mendoza 



{Burm.) ; Magellan Straits {King) ; Falklands {Abbott) ; Chili 



{Phil, et Landb.) ; Galapagos {Sund.). 



This Duck, first described by Azara from Paraguay, is found all 

 over Antarctic America. Mr. Hudson obtained it at Conchitas near 

 Buenos Ayres ; and according to Burmeister it occurs at Mendoza 

 (at the foot of the Cordillera) near marshes and brooks. 



In Chili Philijipi and Landbeck found this species somewhat rarer 

 than Q. cyanoptera. In East Falkland it is not common ; but when it 

 does occur it is usually seen in numbers. It breeds in the Falklands ; 

 for Capt. Abbott had young birds brought to him, though he never 

 found a nest. 



The supposed extension of the range of this Duck to the Gala- 

 pagos is rather surprising. It rests upon the authority of Sundevall, 

 who determined the specimen. 



8. Querquedula puna. 



Anas puna, Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 309 (Peru) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. 

 ii. p. 439. 



