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



give the synonymy, description, and the geographical distribution, 

 with what is known of the habits of this species. 



QUERQUEDULA CAPENSIS. (Plate XIII.) 



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

 Anas capensis, Gm., S.N. ii. p. 527. n. i)8. (1788) (ex Latham), 

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

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

 iii. p. 616, n.13 (1845); Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 101 (1854); Pelz. 

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

 Africa, App. p. 422 (1868) ; G. R. Gray, Hand-list, 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.) ; Evt. 

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

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



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

 Schl. Mus. P.-B,, Auseres, 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 collo albidis, nigro punctulatis ; gula immaculata ; dorso 



summo fulvo-nigro maculato ; uropygio et supracaudalibus 



albido-rufescentibus, nigro maculatis; pectore summo albido, 



nigro fasciolato ; gastrteo reliquo albido, obsolete fusco maculato; 



lateribus et axillaribus fusco maculatis ; scapularibus remigi- 



busque primariis griseo-fuscis, i/lis rufescente marginatis ; 



tectricibus alarum fusco- griseis ; speculo alari nitidissimo viridi, 



nigro circumdato, anti.ee, inferhis et postice late albo marginato ; 



rectricibus griseis, albo marginatis ; rostro rubro-purpureo ad 



basin nigro ; pedibus ochraceo-fuscis ; iride fiava. hong. tot. 



circa millim. 450 ; altte 200 ; caudce 80 ; rostri 39 ; tarsi 38. 



Hab. in Africa, ad Caput Bona) Spei (Latham, Forster, 



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



(Andersson); Damara (Andersso?i) ; Mossamedes (Anchieta), Rio 



Coroca (Anchieta) ; 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 Shoa by 

 the late Marquis Orazio Antinori ; the females 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 ochraceons." 

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

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



