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DAFILA PYROGASTER. 



Daf. — Subtus alba, singulis pennis marginatis apices versus lunulis brunneis. 



BROWN-BELLIED PINTAIL. 



Pintail ; below white, with each feather edged near its tip with a lunule of bright brown. 



IN. IN. 



Length 2-4 Inner toe 1 1 



Bill 1 4-5ths Middle toe . . . . 21 



Tarsi 2 Outer toe 2 



Under parts, breast, and upper part of the back dirty white, each feather having near its tip 

 a lunule of brown, brighter on the breast and shaded off at the edges ; tail black ; Aving coverts 

 brown ; wing spot brassy purplish, edged posteriorly with brassy green, and then with a broad 

 band of white, formed by the secondaries ; neck dirty white, slightly spotted with brown and black ; 

 head slightly crested ; crown and crest brown ; bill lead coloured ; legs black. 



Anas pyrogaster , Meyen Nova acta. 



In the museum of the Zoological Society, and in Lord Derby's collection. Inhabits Chili. 



DAFILA CAUDACUTA. 



Daf. Mas. — Capite colloque anteriore brunneis; posterioriter atro, albo raarginato. 

 Da/. Tern. — Brunnea, marginibus pennarum suturatioribus ; speculo flavo-rufo. 



PINTAIL. 



Male pintail, with the head and upper part of the neck brown ; the posterior part black 

 bordered with white. 



Eem. brown, with the edges of the feathers lighter; wing spot buff. 



IN. IN. IS - 



Length 24 Bill 2 Tarsi If 



Male: crown, throat, cheeks, and upper part of the neck, brown, with purple inflections; 

 back part of the neck black, bordered on each side with white ; fore neck and below white | Bpe- 

 culum green, bordered above with buff, below with white ; scapulars black, with light Imfl 



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