174 COUNT SALVADORI ON ANAS CAPENSIS. [Mar. 4, 



give the synonymy, flescription, anrl the geographical distribution, 

 with what is known of the habits of this species. 



QuERauEDULA CAPENSIS. (Plate XIII.) 



Cape Wigeon, Lath. Syn. iii. 2, p. 519. n. 64. 

 Anas capensis, Gm., S.N. ii. p. 527. n. 98. (1788) (ex Latham), 

 Latham, Ind. Orii. ii. p. 861. n. 73 (1790); Vieill. Nouv. Diet. v. 

 p. 154 (1816) ; Id. Enc. Moth. p. 148 (1823) ; G. R. Gray, Gen. B. 

 iii. p. 616, n. 13 (1845); Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 101 (18.54) ; Pelz. 

 Novara-Reis., Vog. p. 138 (1865) ; Chapman's Travels in South 

 Africa, App. p. 422 (1868); G. R. Gray, Hand-Hst, iii. p. 82, 

 n. 10,640(1871); Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. B. p. 534, no. 2602 

 (syn. emend.) (1882). 



Mareca capensis, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. 2, p. 139 (1824) ; Layard, 

 Birds S. Africa, p. 351 (1867) ; Gum. in Andersson, B. Damara, 

 p. 339 (1872). 



Anas larvata^ Cuv. MS. Mus. Paris (du Cap, Delalande) ; Less. 

 Tr. d'Orn. p. 634, n. 72 (1831) (descr. nulla) ; Pucher. Rev. et Mag. 

 Zool. 1850, p. 549 (descr.); Hartl. Jour. f. Orn. 1855, p. 419. 



Querquedula capensis. Smith, Cat. S. Afr. Mus. (MS.) ; Eyt. 

 Mon. Auat. p. 128(1838); G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 616, n. 15 

 (1845) ; Boc. Orn. Aug. p. 502 (1881). 



lAnus assimilis, Forst. (ed. Licht.), Descr. Anim. p. 46 (1844) ; 

 Schl. Mus. P.-B,, Anseres, p. 59 (1866) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 344 

 (syn. emend.) (1872) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 364 (notes) (1877). 



Querquedula larvata, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 650, n. 99 (syn. 



emend.) (1856); Boc. Jorn. Ac. Sc. Lisb. 1871, p. 278, 1872, p. 20. 



Capite et eollo albidis, nigro punctulatis ; gula immaculata ; dorso 



summo fulvo-niffro maculato ; uropygio et supracaudaUhus 



alhido-rufescentibus, nigro maculatis ; pectore summo albido, 



nigro fasciolato ; gastrceo reliquo albido, obsolefefusco maculato; 



lateribus et axillaribus fusco maculatis; scapuluribus remigi- 



busque primariis griseo-fuscis, illis rufescente marginatis ; 



tectricibus alarum fusco-griseis ; specula ulari nitidissimo viridi, 



nigro circumdato, antice, inferius et jwstice late albo marginato ; 



rectricibus griseis, albo marginatis ; rostro rubro-purpureo ad 



basin nigro ; 2^^dibus ochraceo-fuscis ; iride Jluva. Long. tot. 



circa millim. 450 ; altcB 200 ; caudca 80 ; rostri 39 ; tarsi 38. 



Hab. in Africa, ad Caput Bonse Spei {Latham, Forster, 



Delalande, Smith, Verreaux, Zelebor, Layard) ; Namaqua 



{Andersson); Damara {Andersson) ; Mossamedes {AncJiieta), Rio 



Coroca {AncMeta) ; Shoa {Antinori). 



As said above, I have had the opportunity of examining four spe- 

 cimens of this Teal, two males and two females, collected in Slioa by 

 the late Marquis Orazio Antinori ; the fcinales are not different from 

 males, one of which has been figured in the accompanying drawing 

 (Plate XIII.). Antinori notices the naked parts as follows : — " Iris 

 yellow ; bill purplish red, with the base black ; feet dark ochraceous." 

 But others describe them a little differently. Layard says: — " Bill 

 red, the base black ; legs reddish, the webs dusky, claws black." 



