P^CILONITTA ERYTHRORHYNCHA.— Eyton. 



Ayes.— Plate CIV. (Male.) 



P. superne brunnea pennarum marginibus subalbidis, siibtus rufo-alba lunulis brunneis notatis ; genis 

 juguloque abidis ; remigiiun secondarium diinidio ultimo, tectricibusque remigium secondarium rufo- 

 flavis, fascia transversa in medio ffinea, nigro-marginata ; rostro auranteo-brunneo coccineo-marginato. 



LoNGiTUDO e rostri apico ad basin caudse 1 1 unc. 6 lin. ; caudae 3 unc. 



Anas ERYTHRORiiTNcnA, Ginel. Sj-st., i. 517. 



P^ciLoxiTTA EiiYTHBORHYNCUA, Ei/ton, Monograph on the Anatidas, p. 115. 



Colour. — The top and the sides of the head superiorly umber-brown, all 

 the feathers faintly edged with wood-brown ; nape and back of neck pale 

 broccoli- brown ; sides of neck and throat light yellowish brown, freckled with 

 numerous small umber-brown spots, those of the throat the darkest ; the sides 

 of the head below the eye and the upper portion of the throat yellowish 

 white. Interscapulars, scapulars, back, rump, and upper tail coverts umber- 

 brown glossed with green, the feathers edged with white or light reddish 

 orange. Lesser wing coverts and secondary quill coverts intermediate 

 between olive- and umber- brown, the latter feathers broadly tipped with a 

 colour intermediate between aurora-red and buff-orange. The primary quill 

 coverts, the primary quill feathers, and the base and the principal part of the 

 inner vane of each secondary quill feather brownish red ; the middle portion 

 of the outer vane of the secondary quill feather crossed by two narrow dark 

 bars, the basal one shining duck-green, the other velvet-black ; the apical 

 half of the outer vane and a little of the inner towards the point of the feather 

 the same colour as the tips of the secondary wing coverts. Breast and under 

 parts rusty white, each feather with two or more narrow transverse arched 

 bars of a brown colour, one of which generally towards the point of each 

 feather is exposed, so that the parts specified are variegated by a number of 

 lunate marks. The middle of the bill is orange-coloured brown, the sides and 



