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perhaps due to the ponds being too crowded. Rogeron (1903) found them the acme 
of correctness and I must say that I never found my birds troublesome in the least, 
though of course trouble seldom comes unless one’s birds are thoroughly mated. 
In this country the species has, so far as I know, been bred only by Mr. Henry 
Cook (Job, 1915), but it used to be rather commonly kept, and before the ^Yar could 
be had at from $15.00 to $25.00 the pair. 
The birds become very tame, and Rogeron’s (1903) specimens learned to follow 
the gardener in order to pick up the earthworms as he turned the soil. 
Hybrids. The wild-killed hybrid between this species and the Brown Pintail 
{Anas spinicauda) taken by R. M. Beck in Buenos Aires, has been mentioned under 
that species. In confinement the Bahama Duck has been crossed with the iMallard 
{Anas boschas) and the Brazilian Teal {Anas brasiliensis) (Poll, 1911). I saw a 
specimen of this latter hybrid at Tring. 
GEOGRAPHICAL RACES 
ANAS BAHAMENSIS BAHAMENSIS LinnI: 
Characters: Smaller; wing in male 209, in female 197.5 mm.; speculum bright green. 
Distribution: Florida (one record), Bahamas, Greater and Lesser Antilles, Guianas and northern 
Brazil. 
ANAS BAHAMENSIS RUBRIROSTRIS Vieillot 
Anas ruhrirostris Vieillot, Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Hist. Nat., vol. 5, p. 108, 1816. 
Paecilonitta hahamensis ruhrirostris Bangs, Proc. New England Zodl. Club, vol. 6, p. 87, 1918. 
Characters: Larger; wing up to 232 mm. in males and 222 mm. in females. Speculum of a cop- 
pery-green color, not so clear green. 
Distribution: Southern South America, including southern Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and 
Patagonia. 
