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DENDROCYGNA. 
brunneifrons Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 307. = Picus auriceps Vig. 
Cabanisi Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV b . 34. = Picus Cabanisi Reichb. 
catpharicus Hodgson, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 1006. ±= Picus 
cataphoricus Reichb. 
darjeelensis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV b . 36. = Picus darjeelensis Blyth. 
Elliotti Jerdon, Madras Journ. 1840. XI. 202. = Picus festivus Bodd. 
Feliciae Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV b . 30. = Picus Feliciae Malh. 
Gouldi Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV b . 35. = Picus Gouldi Malh. 
himalayanus Vigors, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1841. XX. 6. == Picus himalayanus 
Jard. 
hyperythrus Hodgson, Zool. Miscell. 85. = Picus hyperythrus Vig. 
Luciani Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV b . 36. = Picus Luciani Malh. 
Macei Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 307. = Picus Macei Vieill. 
mahrattensis Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 507. = Picus mahrattensis Lath. 
major Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. I. 72. == Picus major Lin. 
mandarinus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 34. == Picus mandarinus Malh. 
martius Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 182. = Picus martius Lin. 
minor Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. I. 73. = Picus minor Lin. 
moluccensis Hodgson, Zool. Misc. 85. = Picus Mitchelli Malh. 
niger Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 185. = Picus martius Lin. 
numidicus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. IV b . 34. = Picus numidicus Malh. 
pinetorum Brehm, Vögel Deutschlds. 185. = Picus martius Lin. 
principalis Bonaparte, List Birds Eur. Amer. 39. — Picus principalis Lin. 
pyriceps Hodgson, Zool. Misc. 85. = Picus Macei Vieill. 
querulus Kaup. Malherbe, Monogr. Picid. I. 134. = Picus borealis Vieill. 
sordidus Eyton, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1845. XVI. 229. = Picus sordidus Sund. 
tridactylus Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. I. 74. = Picus tridactylus Lin. 
varius Swainson, Fauna bor. amer. II. 309. = Picus varius Lin. 
DETCDROCYGXA (Anatidae. — oevopov arbor, xuxvoç cygnus). — Swainson, 
Classific. Birds 1837. II. 365. — Gray, Genera Birds 1845. III. 612. — 
Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1864. XXXII. 299. — Eyton, Monogr. Anat. — Schlegel, 
Mus. Pays-Bas Anseres. 
Synon.: Dendronessa Wagl. — Leptotarsis Gould. 
Bill long, higher at the base than broad, with the culmen sloping to the tip, 
which is armed with a strong broad nail, and the lateral margins straight; the 
lamellae of the upper mandible advancing below the lateral margins, slender, and 
set widely apart; the nostrils large, oval, and placed near the base and culmen. 
Wings short and rounded, with the second, third and fourth quills the longest ; 
the first quill with a deep notch in the middle and the secondaries nearly as long 
as the quills. Tail moderate and rounded at its end. Tarsi slightly shorter than 
the middle toe, robust. Toes long, the lateral ones united to the middle one 
by an indentated membrane; and the hind toe very long 1 elevated and simple. — 
9 Specc. 
affinis Jerdon, teste Blyth. = Nettapus coromandelianus Gray. 
africana Bonaparte. = Dendrocygna arcuata Swains. 
arborea Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 365. — Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 110. — 
Gosse, Birds Jamaica 395. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Anser. 84. 
Anas arborea Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 207. [Cuba. Jamaica. 
Yaguaza. 
arcuata Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 365. — Sclater, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 
1864. XXXII. 30. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Anser. 89. 
[India. Java. Kordofan. 
Anas arcuata, A. javanica Horsfield, Transact. Linn. Soc. XIII. 199. 
Mareca awsuree Sykes, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1832. II. 168. 
Dendrocygna minor Bonaparte. 
Dendrocygna africana Bonaparte. 
*Butunth. — Tseet tsa lae, — Bilibi. — Melivis. — Silli. — Sarai, 
