3/6 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [-Apr. 4, 



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

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

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



Black billed Whistling Duck, Edw. Glean, t. 193. 

 Canard Siffleur de la Jamdique, Buff. PI. Enl. 804. 

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

 n.3(T). 



Ftisco-brunnea, capite ochracescentiore, nucha cum stria colli postici 

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

 bus alarum marginibus pallidioribus omatis, his quoque nigro 

 maculatis ; subtus gutture toto a/bo, pectore fulvescente, abdo- 

 mine, prcecipue in hypochondriis, albo nigroque variegata ; dorso 

 postico et cauda nigris ; alis cinereis, remigibus fusco ter- 

 minatis ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 18"5, caudce 3 0, 

 rostri a rictu 2 - 2, tarsi 2'5, dig. med. cum ungue 2*8 (Descr. 

 exempl. ex Jamaica in Mus. Brit.). 

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

 (Newton fr.). 



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

 lach, 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. Gosse (I.e.). Numerous flocks frequent the 

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

 are described as beating clown 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 in the recesses of the mangrove-swamps. 



5. Dendrocygna viduata. 



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

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

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

 p. 434. 



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

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

 D'Orb. Voy. i. p. 448 ; Burin. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 51 5 (Tucuman) ; 

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

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

 p. 509 (18G6) (Trinidad); Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1866, p. 200 (Uca- 

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



