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73. DAFILA ACUTA (L.). 



Anas acuta, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i. p. 126 (1758). 



Dafila acuta, Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1888, p. 97 (Kauai) ; Scott Wilson, Aves Hawaiienses, pt. iv. 

 (1893) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 270 (1895). 



Palmer procured two males on Hawaii in December 1891. Stejneger and Wilson recorded 

 this species from Kauai and Hawaii. 



For full synonomy and descriptions, see the ' Catalogue of Birds.' 



This species is only a winter visitor to the Islands. 



Prof Schauinsland procured it also on Laysan. 



74. SPATULA CLYPEATA (L.). 



Anas clypeata, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i. p. 124 (1758) ; Dole, Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. xii. p. 305 



(1869) ; id. Hawaiian Almanac, 1879, p. 55. 

 Spatula clypeata, Scott Wilson, Aves Hawaiienses, pt. iv. (1893) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 306 



(1895). 



Palmer obtained five specimens, two males and two females on Hawaii on December 17th, 

 1891, and one male on Molokai in February 1893. Wilson saw this Duck on Hawaii ; Peale 

 and Stejneger record it from Hawaii, Oahu, and Kauai. 



This species is also a winter visitor to the Hawaiian Islands. The reader is referred to 

 the ' Catalogue of Birds ' for full synonymy and descriptions. 



Professor Schauinsland obtained one specimen from Laysan. 



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