174 anatid.t:. 



Dafila acuta. Pintail. 



' Anas acuta Llnnmus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 12G : Sweden. 



Dafila acuta {Linn.) ; B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 124 ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, p. 270 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 429. 



.^crt£a. = sliarp, pointed; from acz*o =1 sharpen. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Resident, which has 

 bred during recent years in the Orkney Islands anil on Loch 

 Ijeven, in Kinross, and occasionally in the Shetlands, the 

 Outer and laner Hebrides, and other parts o£ Scotland ; 

 possibly also in Ireland. It is a regular Winter Visitor 

 between September and April to our coasts, and is oora- 

 sionally found inland, but is not very numerous. 



General Distribution. — The Pintail inhabits the greater 

 part of the northern Hemisphere, and breeds in both the Old 

 and New Worlds from about 72° N. latitude, southwards to 

 about 50° N. ; also in southern Spain, the Rhone delta and 

 Hungary. In winter it ranges to north Africa, including 

 Egypt and southern Abyssinia ; also to India, Ceylon, Burma, 

 China, Borneo, and even the Hawaiian Islands. In America 

 it winters in Panama and the West Indies. 



Genus NETTA Kaup, Naturl. Syst. 1S29, p. 102. 

 Type : iV. rufina (Pall.). 

 Netta==v7)Tra, a Duck; from i'6u) = I swim. 



Netta rufina. Rrd-cuested Poch.\rd. 



Anas rufina Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, App. 1773, 

 p. 713 : S.B. Russia. 



Fuligula rufina (Pall.) ; 3. O. Z7. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 128. 

 Netta rufi.na Salvadori, Oat. Birds B. 31. xxvii. 1895, p. 328 ; 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 441. 



Rufina, apparently an adjeotiTal form from »'«/Ms=red. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — An occasional Autumii 

 and Winter Visitor, chiefly met with on the east and south 



