444 



" Swan^ large and small.^^ 



Allen, ii. 192.— Eees, 4to, 482.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 61.— M'Yickar, ii. 360. 



By their size aud the difference in the voice, the two American species 

 are correctly discriminated by Lewis and Clarke ; unfortunately, how- 

 ever, they blunder in the matter by saying that the large species {L e., 

 the one siibsequeutly called Oygniis huccinatorhs Sir John Richardson) is 

 the same as that common on the Atlantic coast ; whereas, it is their 

 other species, here called by them the Whistling Swan, in contradistinc- 

 tion to the Trumpeter, that is found also in the Atlantic States. But 

 this confusion must not be allowed to stand in the light of the main point 

 of this case, which is, that, in 1815, Ord based his Anas columbianns 

 exclusively upon the ^Yhistling Swan of Lewis and Clarke, i. e., upon the 

 smaller of the two species, subsequently named Gygnus americamis by 

 Sharpless. The blunder of the original authors does not extend to Ord, 

 to whose name colnmhianns should be restored its rightful priority. 



" DucMnmallard.^^ 



Allen, ii. 193.— Eees, 4to, 483.— Eees, 8vo, iii, 62.— M'Vickar, ii. 360. 

 Anas boschas of authors. 



" Canvas-back Buck.'''' 



Allen, ii. 193.— Eees, 4to, 483.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 62.— M'Vickar, 360. 

 Anas vallisneria of authors. 



Bed-lieaded Fishing Buck.'''' 



Allen, ii. 193.— Eees, 4to, 483.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 62.— M'Vickar, ii. 361. 

 ? Filignla americana of authors. 



^^ Black and White Buck.'' 



Allen, ii. 193.— Eees, 4to, 483.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 63.— M'Vickar, ii. 361. 

 Bucephala albeola of late authors. 



" Black Buck:^ 



Allen, ii. 194.— Eees, 4to, 483.— Eees, 8vo, iii, 63.— M'Vickar, ii. 301. 



Fulica americana, Gm., auct. 



Very fully and accurately described. 



" Bivers.''^ 



Allen, ii. 194.— Eees, 4to, 484.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 64.— M'Vickar, ii. 361. 



Under this head the authors describe two species of Podice2}s, the 

 larger one being perhaps P. occidentalis. Lawr., but the description of 

 neither is sufficiently diagnostic. 



" Blue-ivinged TeaV^ 



Allen, ii. 195.— Eees, 4to, 484.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 65.— M'Vickar, ii. 361. 



The paragraph beginning with this name goes on to describe a duck, 

 apparently supposed, and intended to be considered, not as a Blue- 

 winged Teal, but as some other species, for which no name is offered. 

 The description, though lengthy, applies exactly to no species with 

 which I am acquainted ; but, from its general drift, I should suppose the 

 authors had in view some species of Fulix, probably F. marila. 



