i8 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



greenish lustre, especiall}' on the nape; throat mixed with a few white feathers; back, 

 fore neck, breast and flanks with dark ruf escent markings. Female: Similar, but di ffers 

 in having more white on the chin; the upper throat much duller; some of the upper 

 and under tail coverts paler rufescent with dusky marks or bands; speculum blackish 

 in female. Length c? 16.00-16.50, wing 7.10-8.00, tail 3.30-3.50, tarsus i. 25-1.55, 

 culmen i. 38-1. 50, toe 1.80-2.00. Hab. Laysan Island. 



PI. XXII., 8745. 38. A. laysanen'sis'* Roths. I^aysan Teal. 



Genus SPAT'XJI/A Boie. 



Longer scapulars with a white band along the centre part; abdomen deep chest- 

 nut ; head and upper portion of the neck deep glossy green ; lower neck, breast and 

 outer scapulars white; rump and upper tail coverts dark glossy green with pale edges; 

 upper wing coverts and outer edge of the two longest scapulars pale blue. Female: 

 General color of upper parts brown, each feather edged with a broad reddish margin; 

 throat reddish and unspotted. Young similar to adult female. Length 17.00-21.00, 

 wing 9.00-10.00, culmen 2.60-2.90, width of bill at end 1.10-1.20, at base .60, tarsus 

 1.40-1.50. //(3(^. Northern hemisphere. Hawaiian Islands. (No specimen in Museum. ) 



39. S. clypea'ta (Linn.). Shoveller. 



Genus DAF'II/A Stephens. 



Tail feathers not barred across ; centre tail feathers blackish, lateral ones grey 

 with pale whitish margins; head dark., hair broivn; a narrow band at the tip of the 

 last row of wing coverts cinnamon (larger, culmen 1.85-2.25); anterior part of the 

 sides of neck, breast and abdomen greyish white ; the breast with very narrow, brown, 

 zigzag bars ; head and upper neck hair brown, with a faint gloss on the sides of the 

 occiput. Male: Length 26.50-30.00, wing 11. 10, tail 7.50-9.50, culmen 2.08, tarsus 

 1.80. Female: Smaller; tail feathers blackish, barred irregularh- across with whitish 

 or ochraceous ; above greyish dusky varied with irregular bars of 3'ellowish white or 

 pale ochraceous, each feather, except on throat, streaked with blackish. Male in first 

 breeding plumage has pale margin to the wing coverts, and most of the feathers of the 

 rump are broadly barred. Young male similar to adult female. Hab. Northern hemi- 

 sphere southward. Hawaiian Islands. 



30. D. acuta Linn. Pintail, Koloa mapu. 



Genus CHARIT0N:^T'TA Stejneger. 

 Head and upper half of the neck rich metallic green with a purplish gloss on the 

 crown ; with a patch of white extending from behind the eye across the occiput ; lower 

 neck, lower parts, secondaries and scapulars white; back and upper parts black. 

 Female: Head and neck brown with faint gloss, a white patch on cheeks and ear 

 coverts; upper parts blackish brown, darkest on rump; under parts white tinged more 



UDr. .Schauinsland's list gives !\;-llhii crecca, I,inii., Querquednla dnia, Ciaiis-iila albeola, Unn., and Mai ecu americam (Gmel.), from 

 I^aysan Island. These references are inleresting- additions to the Hawaiian birds, and are of value in the study of distribution 



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