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P. ruber when compiling his paper, and that, so far as I can see, the plates accompanying 

 his paper are of little assistance in differentiating the species. 



Genus Queequedula. 

 The group of Teals to which the following species belongs is peculiar to South 

 America. If Professor Sundevall's determination of its specific name is correct, the 

 bird is the same as a common Chilian and Patagonian Teal. 



Queequedula versicoloe. 



Anas versicolor, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. v. p. 109 (1816). 

 Anas maculirostris, Licht. Sundev. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 126. 



Hab. Galapagos (Sundevall). 



Genus Dafila. 

 A genus of wide range. The species, too, found in the islands is pretty generally 

 distributed over the whole South-American continent. 



Dafila bahamensis. 

 Anas bahamensis, Linn., Sundev. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 126. 

 Pcecilonetta bahamensis, Darwin, Zool. Vog. Beagle, iii. p. 135. 

 Dafila bahamensis, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 323. 



Hab. Galapagos {Darwin) ; Indefatigable Island (Hahel). 



" This Duck is found in small flocks on the estuaries and small lagoons in the islands, 

 and then in company with other water-birds. It feeds on insects, and probably on other 

 food found at the bottom of the lagoons. It is tame enough to be killed by a blow of 

 a long switch or a stone. On the approach of a person it will not fly, but paddle away 

 a short distance ; and when scared will not leave the lagoon entirely, but retire to another 

 part of it. This tameness would indicate that the bird is indigenous to the islands. Ducks, 

 as a rule, being extremely shy. I saw the species on Hood Island, and am convinced of 

 its presence on Charles Island, though I did not see any birds. On Bindloe and Abingdon 

 it is not found." — H. 



Genus Zenaida. 



Zenaida has a wide range in South America, five species (from all of which, however, 

 Z. galapagensis is distinct) being found within the limits of that continent. Sundevall 

 places this bird in a separate genus, Nesopelia, but its distinctness from Zenaida seems 

 to me to be slight. 



Zenaida galapagensis. 



Zenaida galapagoensis, Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 115, t. xlvi. ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 323; Sundev. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 125. 



