202 ZOOLOGY. 



ANAS OXY^URA, Meyen. 



Anas oxijura, Meyen, Nov. Act. XVI, 1834, 122. 

 Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 449. 

 Apparently a frequent species, several fine specimens being in the present collection. 



ANAS SPECULAKIS, King. 



Anas specularis, King, Zool. Jour. IV, 1828, 98. 

 Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 450. 

 Anas specularoidcs , King, Zool. Jour. IV, 98. 

 Anas chalcoptera, Kittlitz, Mem. Acad. St. Peters. II, 1834, 471. 

 VuLG. Pato anteojillo. 



Figures. — Jard. and Sel. 111. Orn. n. s. PL xl. 

 " KiTTL. Mem. Acad. St. Peters. II, PI. v. 



A single specimen in the present collection is labelled as having been obtained in the interior. 

 "Though common," observes Lieut. Gilliss, "it is found only about streams; not in the lakes. 

 Its name comes from the white spots just over the eyes." 



ANAS MELANOCEPHALA, Vieill. 

 Plate XXV. Adult. 



Anas melanocephala, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. V, 1816, 163. 



VuLG. Pato rinconero. 

 Form short, stout ; bill rather long ; nail very distinct ; wings moderate, second quill 

 longest ; tail short. Entire head brownish black. Upper parts of the body brown, finely 

 mottled with pale fulvous, the latter (fulvous) predominating on the neck, and forming a wide 

 ring around it. Wings dark brown, sprinkled with minute points of silvery white ; secondaries 

 and greater wing coverts tipped with white ; tail dark brown. Under jmrts of the body silvery 

 white ; sides and flanks finely mottled with light fulvous; under coverts of the tail rufous. 

 Edges of the wings and under wing coverts white. Bill dark, with a large spot of orange at 

 base ; legs and feet lighter. 



One specimen only of this species is in the collection, and is labelled as having been obtained 

 in the interior. We have no doubt that this is the bird meant by Vieillot in the description 

 above cited, though the species appears to have been lost sight of by late ornithologists. 



QUEEQUEDULA CYANOPTERA, (Vieill.) 



Anas cyanoptera, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. V, 1816, 104. 

 Anas Pafflesii, King, Zool. Jour. IV, 1528, 97. 

 Pterocyanea ca'ruleata, (Light.) Gray, Gen. II, 1845, 617. 

 Querquedula ccerideata, (Light.) Gay, Fauna Chilena, Aves, 452. 

 VuLu. Bed Teal. Pato Colorado. 



Figures. — Cassin, B. of California and Texas, I, PI. xv. 

 " Jard. and Sel. 111. Orn. n. s. PL xxiii. 



This beautiful little Teal ranges over a vast extent of the western part of the continent of 

 America, having been observed so far north as the Great Salt lake by Capt. Stansbury, and 



