CROZETTE ISLANDS PINTAIL 
ANAS DRYGALSKII Reichenow 
Synonymy 
Querquedula eatoni Sharpe, Transit of Venus Exped., zooL, birds, p. 7, 1877 (in part). 
Anas drygalskii Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsbericht, vol. 12, p. 47, 1904. 
Vernacular Name 
English: Crozette Islands Pintail. 
DESCRIPTION 
Most nearly like Anas eatoni of Kerguelen Island, but the sides of the body are not marked with 
wide blackish-brown bars, but like the sides of the lower neck, are covered with narrow blackish- 
brown and brovTiish-w’hite, jagged, wavy lines (Reichenow, 1904). 
DISTRIBUTION 
This species is confined to the Crozette Islands, between Kerguelen Island and the Cape of Good 
Hope (R. B. Sharpe, 1877; Yanhoffen, 1905). 
