^^^^•^ >>'KOTROPtCAL ANATID.E. 395 



Sah Ibis 1859 p. 231 (Guatemala), Nomencl. Av. Neotr p no • 

 ^Ctp 't^S %\'! (^l-Ti-nas); Salv. Ibis, 186^, ?! {H] 

 rrl; • i I< 7.* ^^^^' P- ^ ^ (Jamaica) ; Leot. Ois. Trin d 5 1 1 



D ?7S ?r^^ ?"f '• ^^r^'- ^-N- '• P- ^88. et J. fur O n.^'875 

 p. ^/8 (Cuba); Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soe N H ii n '11'^ Af» ■ x 



^a^. Mexico (G,..y.o.) ; Guatemala (SaL" ^^uba /SV' 



Jamaica (Ji-a^c/i); St. Thomas (JVewion) ; Trinidad (zlS)^ ' 



The American Widgeon is said to be very common in Cuba during 



procur d pec mens I rVh" ""'^^, ^^ ^P'""^^" ^^- «'^«« 

 ii™ 1 • P . ^ " ^*^- -Thomas; and Leotaud records if «« n 

 regular waiter visitant to Trinidad. In Central ImenW i? liil 



2. MarECA SIBILATRIX. 



(CMf)! '''*'^''''"' ^''PP'^' ^'''- ^''- "«• 529 (1829), p. 10 

 18^o"r'2'refT^^pf;V--'- ^830-31. p. 15; Bu.m. J. furOrn. 



^W« cMo.««,, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 117 t xxi n8S8^ 

 Hartl. Ind. Az d 27 n847^. Po„ r ^ Ai •, (io.io); 



n • r^■^^■ , -A' K'^^^O' "fay, Tauu. Chil. D 447 nsas^. 



Pato pico pequeno, Az. Apunt. no. 432 (Bueiios Avres) 



5«i;;-« nigra in cervice albo transfasciata, dorsi et scapularium 

 plurmsalbo utrmque marginatis ; pileo etgenispureaZTnu7a 

 etcervxce posuca viridi-purpureolucentibus; LfTcis'tecti 



subtusalba,gutture et cervice antica nigricantibus, pectoresiwe 



rostro etpedibus nigris: long, tot a 20-0, alee 10-3, caudce 4-3 



(S^^Jziff;^^^ ^^"'^^ (^-.) /Valdivia and CentVd C^^j 



Azara was the original describer of this fine Duck, from specimen. 



obtained in Buenos Ay res ; but Vieillot appears toTave nS 



gmng any Latin appellation to the species ; and it was firslprovided 



Tl I'T'^Fr^^' '/ ?°^?P'?' "'^^ S^^^ - excellent deLri^Sn 

 ot It m his Fragmenta Zoologica It neris Chilensi« " Dublishirl ;„ 

 Froriep^s 'Notizen' for July ^1829. This was to ^ea "tC 

 Capt. Kings term ch^loen.is (usually employed for tbis ^species) "ap! 



