Okder AjSTSEKES.] [Fam. ANATIDjE. 



FULIGULA NOV^ ZEALANDIJ3. 



(NEW-ZEALAND SCAUP.) 



New-Zealand Duck, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 2, p. 543 (1785). 

 Anas novas seelandias, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 541 (1788, ex Lath.). 

 Anas novas zealandioe, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 870 (1790). 

 Fuligula novas zealandias, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 210 (1824). 

 Anas atricilla, Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 95 (1844). 

 Fulix novas seelandias, Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 86 (1871). 



Native names. 



Papango, Tetepango, Matapouri, Titiporangi, and Raipo ; " Black Teal " and " Widgeon " of 

 the Colonists. 



6 ad. cristatus : supra nigricans, vix virescente nitens, obsolete et minutissime fulvo vermiculatim punctulatus : 

 tectricibus alarum paullo brunnescentioribus viridi nitentibus, haud vermiculatis : remigibus brunneis, 

 exths et versus apicem nigricantibus, scapis rufescentibus, minimis extus ad basin albis, fasciam alarem 

 conspicuam formantibus, secundariis intimis sordide virescente lavatis : Cauda, nigricante : capite summo 

 purpureo, faciei et colli lateribus virid i nitentibus : pectore sordide purpurascenti-brunneo : corpore 

 reliquo subtus albicante, minute brunneo transvermiculato, hypochondriis rufescentibus : subcaudalibus 

 nigiicantibus : subalaribus albidis, exterioribus brunnescentibus : rostro cyanescenti-nigro : pedibus 

 saturate brunneis : iride laete flava. 



? magis brunnescens : subtus pallidior : genis anticis et mento ipso plus minusve albidis. 



Adult male. Head and neck black, glossed with purple and green ; at the base of the lower mandible a spot of 

 pure white ; back and upper surface of wings black strongly glossed with green, the scapulars and upper 

 wing-coverts minutely pricked or dusted with white ; breast brownish black, freckled and dusted with 

 white in its lower portion : underparts fulvous white varied with brown ; beyond the vent dark glossy- 

 brown ; sides and long plumage overlapping the thighs dark castaneous brown, with a rich vinous gloss ; 

 primaries velvety brown, paler on their inner webs ; secondaries velvety brown glossed with green, the 

 outer ones white in their basal portion, presenting, in the closed wing, a narrow white speculum ; some- 

 times the white extends also to the primaries, forming a conspicuous alar bar ; tail dark brown. Irides 

 bright yellow ; bill bluish black ; feet dark brown. Total length 1 7 inches ; extent of wings 26 ; wing, 

 from flexure, 7-5 ; tail 2'5 ; bill, along the ridge To, along the edge of lower mandible 1*9; tarsus 

 l'25j middle toe and claw 2"25. 



Female. A broad band surrounding the base of the upper mandible white ; head, neck, breast, and sides of 



