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(1910) found the species rare in that region, where it has also been taken on Lake Abercorn (Sal- 

 vador!, 1914), and at Feira (Stoehr, fide Stark and Sclater, 1906). In the neighboring 

 Katanga district of the Congo it is also rare (Neave, 1910), while in the Mangwe p 

 and Matopo districts of southern Rhodesia it is irregular in its appearance (Mou- „ . . 

 ritz, 1915). In British Central Africa, on the other hand, flocks have been seen Central 

 in April and June along the upper Shire (Hartert, 1898) and specimens have been Africa 

 taken in the Shire Highlands (Alexander, in British Museum) and on Lake Shirwa 

 (Shelley, 1896). 



In Mozambique it seems to be rather uncommon. It occurs occasionally at Beira (W. L. Sclater, 

 1912a) and has been taken at Inhambane in December (Francis, fide Stark and Mozam- 

 Sclater, 1906). bique 



It is said by Xicolls and Eglington (1892) and by B. Horsbrugh (1912) to be common in the Trans- 

 vaal in general, and by W. L. Sclater (1912a) at Wakkerstroom specifically. According T 

 to Stark and Sclater (1906) it has been taken at Marico by Barrett and near Potchef- 

 stroom by Ayres. 



B. Horsbrugh (1912) states that he found it quite common in the Orange River Colony, and S. R. 

 Clarke (1904) has recorded a few specimens from Bloemfontein. The British Museum Orange 

 has examples taken in May on the Rhenoster River, and Murray (fide Stark and Scla- River 

 ter, 1906) found the species near Mafeteng in Basutoland. Colony 



In Natal, T. Ayres (1871) met with it near Durban in November, and Butler, Feilden and Reid 

 (1882) found it breeding near Newcastle from September to November. It has also „ . 

 been taken near Howick (Burges, in Stark and Sclater, 1906). 



In Cape Colony it is not a common bird, occurring chiefly from September to December, and 

 probably breeding (Stark and Sclater, 1906). Layard (1875-84) has reported it Cape 

 breeding on the Berg River in September, and occurring at Zoetendals Vlei in Bredas- Colony 

 dorp in November. The South African Museum has specimens taken in the Cape Division in Sep- 

 tember and at Knysna in November. It has been found on the Kleinmont River in Bathurst and 

 rarely at Port Elizabeth (Atherstone, Brown, fide Stark and Sclater, 1906). Bryden (1893) has re- 

 corded it from Woodhouse Kraal in Mafeking Division and Sharpe (1904) states that it is very rare 

 at Deelfontein. C. G. Davies (1908) speaks of it as not common in East Griqualand. 



Along the western coast of Africa it is probably everywhere a rare bird. Andersson Damara- 



(1872) found it so in Damaraland, excepting near Barmen, Ondonga, where the species tend 



was common and breeding in February. Nicolls and Eglington (1892) found it common Bechuana 



in Bechuanaland on Lake Ngami and Bryden (1893) found it on the Botletle River. Protec- 



torate 

 From Angola specimens taken by Anchieta in Mossamedes, on the Rio Coroca and at 



Humbe, have been recorded (Barboza de Bocage, 1877-81). Angola 



The type of this species is a specimen taken by Prince zu Wied (1832) at the Lagoa South 



do Braco, Villa Belmonte, southern Brazil. Since that time no other specimens have America 



been taken or seen in eastern South America. On the west, however, this Pochard Brazil 



has been taken in Peru, as far south as the Chilean border, at Arica and Mollendo in October 



(J. R. H. MacFarlane, 1887). According to Professor Nation (see P. L. Sclater, 1878a) _ 



it is rare at Lima, but common on some of the coastal lakes. More recently Chubb 



(1919) has recorded specimens from Eten, taken in October. 



Lonnberg and Rendahl (1922) have reported two males taken at La Carolina, Ecuador, the first 



recorded from that country. F. M. Chapman (1917) had already reported it from Cab, in the Cauca 



Valley, northwestern Colombia, where it was common in January, February, and May, 



and our knowledge of its distribution in this hemisphere has been further increased by _ . , . 



the fact that in May, 1920, some members of the Field Museum of Chicago found the y enezue i a 



species fairly common and probably nesting near Lagunillas, in the Maracaibo district, 



northwestern Venezuela (W. H. Osgood, in lift.). 



