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gutture albo nigro punctulato ; alarum tectricibus et speculo 

 sicut in mart. 



Hah. Andes of Columbia (Mus. S. G.) ; St. Martha (Ferreaux); 

 Chili (Ph. fy Landb.); Buenos Ayres (Azara fy Barm.) ; Magellan 

 Straits (Cunningh.) ; Falklands (Abbott). 



This Duck, first discovered by Azara, has a very wide range in 

 the New World, from the extreme south up to California on the 

 west, and occurs accidentally in Louisiania. It was found by Azara 

 only in the Rio de la Plata and Buenos Ayres ; but Burmeister 

 observed it at Mendoza and on the Parana, in lagoons and rivers. 

 Philippi and Landbeck say that it is frequently met with throughout 

 the republic of Chili ; and Dr. Cunningham obtained specimens in 

 the Straits of Magellan. It seems not to be very common in East 

 Falkland, though Capt. Abbott shot seven in one day at Mare 

 Harbour. But it most probably breeds in these islands, as pairs 

 were observed throughout the summer months. 



In the eastern part of South America (that is, in Brazil, Amazonia, 

 and Guiana) we do not find the occurrence of this Duck noticed ; 

 but it is certainly met with in the Andes of Columbia and on the 

 northern littoral of Venezuela, and probably keeps to the line of the 

 Andes. It has not yet been recorded from any part of Central 

 America ; but will probably be ultimately found there, as it is not un- 

 common in the Western United States and has occurred accidentally 

 in Louisiana. 



3. QUERQ.UEDULA CAROLINENSIS. 



Anas carolinensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 533 (1788). 



Querquedula carolinensis, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 1 18 ; Baird, 

 B. of N. Ainer. p. 777 ; Jard. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xx. (1847) p. 377 

 (Tobago) ; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1857, p. 228 (Cuba) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 



1859, p. 65 (Honduras); Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 215, 1859, p. 370, 



1860, p. 254 (Mexico) ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis. 1859, p. 231 (Honduras); 

 Nomencl. p. 129. 



Nettion carolinensis, March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 72 (Jamaica) ; 

 Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 389, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 381 (Cuba); 

 Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 314 (Mexico). 



llab. Cuba.(Gu7idl.); Jamaica (March) ; Tobago (Kirk) ; Mexico 

 (Salle, De Oca, Grayson) ; Honduras (Dyson). 



The Green- winged Teal of the North-Americans occurs on passage 

 in Cuba, but is rare. In Jamaica it is sometimes seen in autumn, 

 but more generally in the spring. A single immature specimen was 

 sent to Sir W. Jardine from Tobago by Mr. Kirk, who says that the 

 species arrives in that island in October and November and departs 

 in March or April. In Mexico it has been obtained at Mazatlan, 

 Orizaba, and Jalapa. Leyland procured examples of it many years 

 ago in Honduras, on the Aloor river. This is its furthest continental 

 range to the south yet known to us. 



4. Querquedula oxyptera. 



Anas oxyptera, Meven, Nov. Act. xvi. Suppl. p. 121, t. 26 (1833) 

 (South Peru). 



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