102 yiSCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BERDS OF CELEBES. 



ANSERES. 



ANATID^. 



QuEEQUEDULA, Stephens. 



180. QuERQOEDULA ciECiA (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 204. 

 Anas querquedula, L., Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Anseres, p. 49. 



Hab. Limbotto, 8th January, male in imperfect plumage — 6th and 13th January, 

 females [Von Rosenberg); Europe, Northern Africa, Asia to Island of Formosa. 



Q. humeralis, Miiller (Verhandl. p. 159), described from examples obtained on the 

 north shores of Java, is not admitted to be distinct by Professor Schlegel. 



Maeeca, Stephens. 



181. Maeeca gibbeeifeons, S. Muller, Verhandel. p. 159, "Celebes;" Schlegel, Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Anseres, p. 58. 

 Anas gracilis, Buller, Ibis, 1869, p. 41, " New Zealand." 



Eab. Gorontalo, young bird and an adult male ; Menado, adult male ; Tondano, 

 male; Pegoiat, female, in November (Forsten); Ayer-pannas, 18th August, male, 

 13th August, female; Panybie, 13th September, female (Fom Rosenberg); Macassar, 

 female {Miiller); Timor: {Muller); near Port Essington {Mus. Lugd); Australia ( Fc/-- 

 reaux); near Melbourne, S. Australia {Ferd. Miiller); New Caledonia {Verreaux); 

 Flores {Wallace); New Zealand {Buller). 



Professor Schlegel (/. c.) remarks that Celebean examples are smaller than those 

 from other locahties. It is probably this species that Mr. Gould alludes to (B. Austr. 

 8vo, ii. p. 366) as one of the races of M. jiunctata (Cuvier) found in Australia. 



Dendeoctgna, Swainson. 



182. Dendeoctgna guttata (Forsten), Mus. Lugd. ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Anseres, 



p. 85, " Celebes." 



Bendrocygna guttulata, Temm.; Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 36. 

 , Muller; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 300. 



Hah. Limbotto, 1st September, adult male; Panybie, 12th September, adult female ; 

 Kema, 24th August, adult male and female ( Von Rosenberg) ; Ternate, Gilolo {Benv- 

 stein) ; island of Kelang, Amboyna {ffoedt) ; Bouru, Ceram ( Wallace) ; Goram, Aru, 

 Little Key {Von Rosenberg). 



183. Dendeoctgna vagans, Eyton, MS. ; Eraser, Zool. Typica, pi. 68, " Manilla " (1849) ; 



Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Anseres, p. 88; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 300. 



Hab. Tondano, December, adult female {Forsten); Limbotto, 9th January, adult 



