CONTENTS 



FAM. XXVII.— PALAMEDEID^, OR SCREAMERS 



Vll 



Crested Sckeambr, Chauna chavaria, Linn 130 



FAM. XXVIIL— ANATIDiE, OR DUCKS 



Barbed Upland Goose, Bernicla dispar, Ph. et Landb. 

 AsHY-HEAOED UPLAND GoosE, Bemiclo poliocephala, Grey 

 Black-necked Swax, Cygnus nigricoUis, Gm. . 

 CoscoROBA Swan, Coscoroba Candida, Vieill. . 

 Fulvous Tree-Duck, Dendrocygna fidva, Gm. 

 White-faced Tree-Duck, Dendrocygna vidxutta, Linn. 

 Blue-winced Teal, Qiurquedula cyanoptera, Vieill. . 

 Yellow-billed Teal, Querquedtda flavirostris, Vieill. 

 Grey Teal, Querquedtda versicolor, Vieill. 

 Ring-necked Teal, Querquedtda torqmta, Vieill. 

 Brazilian Teal, Querquedtda brasiliensis, Gm. 

 Brown Pintail, Dafila spinicauda, Vieill. 

 White-faced Pintail, Dafila bahamensis, Linn. 

 Chiloe Wigeon, Mareca sibilatrix, Poepp. 

 Red Shoveller, Spatula platalea, Vieill. 

 Rosy-billed Duck, Metopiana peposaca, Vieill. 



134 



135 

 136 

 138 

 139 

 141 

 142 

 143 

 144 



145 

 146 

 147 

 148 

 150 

 151 

 15a 



FAM. XXIX.— COLUMBIDiE, OR PIGEONS 



Argentine Wood-Pigeon, Columba picazuro, Temm. 

 Spotted Wood-Pigeon, Columba maculosa, Temm. . 

 Spotted Dove, Zenaida macvdata, Vieill. 

 PiGHY Dove, Columbula picui, Temm. . 

 Solitary Pigeon, Engyptila chalcauchmia, Sel. et Salv. 



154 

 15s 

 157 

 158 

 159 



FAM. XXX.— RALLID^, OR RAILS 



Black Rail, RaUus rhytirhynchus, Vieill. 

 Ypecaha Rail, Aramides ypecaha, Vieill. 

 Little Waterhen, Porphyriops melanops, Vieill. 

 Yellow-billed Coot, Fulica leucoptera, Vieill. 



160 

 163 

 170 

 170 



FAM. XXXI.— ARAMIDVE, OR COURLANS 

 Argentine Courlan, Aramus scolopaceus, Gm. 



17a 



FAM. XXXIL— PARRID/E, OR JACANAS 

 Jacana, Parrayocana, Linn 



175 



