384 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [-^P 1 "- '» 



Pterocyanea discors, Leot. Ois. Trin. p. 516 (Trinidad). 



Cyanopterus discors, Tayl. Ibis, 1860, p. 315 (Honduras). 



Hab. Cuba (Gundl.) ; Jamaica (March) ; St. Domingo (Sail?, 

 Bryant) ; Sombrero (Lawr.) ; Trinidad (Leotaud) ; Mexico, Jalapa 

 and Orizaba (Salle) ; Mazatlan (Grayson) ; Guatemala (Salvin) ; 

 Honduras (Taylor) ; Costa Rica (Laivrence) . 



In Cuba this is the commonest of the North-American migratory 

 Ducks, arriving about the beginning of September and leaving the 

 island again in April. In Jamaica Mr. March says he has never 

 seen the " Bluewings " earlier than November, and that they again 

 appear in full summer-plumage in March and April on their way to 

 the north. This species is likewise met with in the other Antilles, as 

 far down as Trinidad. 



On the continent, Q. discors has been traced down as far as 

 Veragua, as will be seen by our list of localities. In Guatemala, 

 Salvin found it common in winter, arriving in September and leaving 

 again in March and April. It is met with in the high and low 

 districts alike, chiefly on the lakes. 



2. QuERQTJEDULA CYANOPTERA. 



Pato alas azulas, Az. Apunt. no. 434 (La Plata, Buenos Ayres), 

 undo 



Anas cyanoptera, Vieill. N. D. v. p. 104 (1816), et Enc. Me'th. 

 p. 352 (1823) ; Merrem, in Ersch. & Grub. Enc. sect. i. vol. xxxv. 

 p. 33; Burm. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 226 ; La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 516 

 (Mendoza) ; Schl. Mus. des P.-B. Anseres, p. 51. 



Querquedula cyanoptera, Cass. 111. Orn. p. 84, t. xv. (Louisiana, 

 Utah), et Gilliss's Exp. ii. p. 202 (1856) ; Baird, B. of N. Amer. 

 p. 780; Scl. P. Z.S. 1855, p. 164 (Bogota, St. Martha), 1856, 

 p. 310 (Mexico), 1860, p. 389 (Falklands), 1867, p. 355 (Chili) ; 

 Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 96 (Falklands) ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 161 

 (Falklands) ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1869, p. 160 (Buenos Ayres), et 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 189 (Sandy Point). 



Anas ccsruleata, Licht. in Mus. Berol. ; Bibra, Denkschr. Ak. 

 Wien, v. p. 131 (1853) (Chili) ; cf. J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 57; Lawr. 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. v. p. 220 (California). 



Querquedula cceruleata, Gay, Faun. Chil. p. 452 (1848) ; Ph. & 

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



Pterocyanea cceruleata, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 27 (1847). 



Anas rafflesi, King, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 97 (1828) ; Jard. & Selb. 

 111. Orn. t, 23. 



Cyanopterus rafflesi, Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 132 (1838). 



Rubra, pileo nigro ; interscapulio et scapularibus nigro varie- 

 gatis ; dorso postico nigricante ; alarum tectricibus minoribus 

 cceruleis ; speculo alari viridi, fascia alba supra marginato ; 

 remigibus primariis nigris, secundariorum scapis albo et ochraceo 

 flammulatis ; rostro nigro, pedibus jtavis : long, tota 180, alee 

 76, cauda 3"0, tarsi 1*3. Fern, supra nigricans, plumarum 

 marginibus albidis ; subtus sordide alba, fusco varicgata, 



