Ill 



edges of the feathers ; breast and neck dirty white, at the lower part slightly spotted with black 

 and brown ; a streak down the back of the neck dark brown ; under surface white, each feather 

 barred with black and brown ; thighs the same ; tail and lower part of the back black ; bill lead- 

 coloured ; legs and feet black. 



Alias Arborca Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 207. 



Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 540. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 852. 



Anasjistularis Jamakensis Rail Syn. 192. 



Black-billed Whistling Duck Edw. Glca. pi. 193. 



Canard Sffleu?- de St. Dominique Buf. Ois. 804. 



Inhabits the West Indies and the adjacent portions of America. 



LEPTOTARSIS EYTONI. 



Lep. — Brunneus ; lateribus axUlaribusque ferrugineis. 



BROWN SLENDERLEGS. 



Brown duck, with the flanks and axillaries ferruginous. 



IN. IK. 



Length 21 Tarsi 2 l-5th 



Bill 1± Middle toe 21 



Duck, with the wings, back, and scapulars vandyke brown, inclining to slaty blue on the 

 upper part of the back ; flanks posteriorly bright ferruginous buff, ornamented with very long 

 axillary feathers, each of which are edged with black, and entirely covered when the wing is closed ; 

 tail coverts also buff; the flanks anteriorly and under wing coverts bright ferruginous, the former 

 beautifully barred with black ; crown and streak down the back of the neck sienna brown, the 

 feathers on the former rather stiff ; below lutcous, inclining to dirty lemon colour; the chin and 

 throat lighter ; two-thirds of the bill towards the base black ; the remainder, with the legs, ap- 

 proaching to orange yellow. 



Leptotarsis Eytoni Gould. MSS. 



This beautiful and unicpie bird, which Mr. Gould has done us the honour to call by our name, 

 is in the possession of the Zoological Society, and was received from Australia. 



