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[Fah, ANATID^. 
FFLIGULA ^OYM ZEALANDIJl. 
(NEW-ZE ALAND SCAUP.) 
New-Zealand Buck, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 2, p. 543 (1785). 
Anas novae seelandice, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 541 (1788, ex Lath.). 
Anas novae zealandice. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 870 (1790). 
Fuligula novae zealandiae, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. p. 210 (1824). 
Anas atricilla, Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 95 (1844). 
Fulix novae seelandice, Gray, Hand-1, of B. iii. p. 86 (1871). 
Native names. 
Papango, Tetepango, Matapouri, Titiporangi, and Eaipo ; “Black Teal” and “Widgeon” of 
the colonists. 
ad. cristatus : supril nigricans, vix virescente nitens, obsolete et minutissime fulvo vermiculatim punctulatus r 
tectricibus alarum paullo brunnescentioribus viridi nitentibus, hand vermiculatis ; remigibus brunneis, 
extus et versus apicem nigricantibus, scapis rufescentibus, minimis extus ad basin albis, fasciam alarem 
conspicuam formantibus, secundariis intimis sordide virescente lavatis : caudd nigricante : capitc summo 
purpureo, faciei et colli lateribus viridi nitentibus : pectore sordide purpurascenti-brunneo : corpore reliquo 
subtfis albicante, minute brunneo transvermiculato, bypoebondriis rufescentibus : subcaudalibus nigri- 
cantibus : subalaribus albidis, exterioribus brunnescentibus : rostro cyanescenti-nigro : pedibus saturate 
brunneis ; iride Isete flav^. 
$ magis brunnescens : subtus pallidior : genis anticis et mento ipso plus minusve albidis. 
Adult male. Head and neck black, glossed with purple and green; at tbe base of tbe lower mandible a spot of 
pure white ; back and upper surface of wings black strongly glossed with green, the scapulars and upper 
wing-coverts minutely pricked or dusted with white ; breast brownish black, freckled and dusted with white 
in its lower portion ; underparts fulvous white varied with brown ; beyond the vent dark glossy brown ; 
sides and long plumage overlapping the thighs dark castaneous brown, with a rich vinous gloss ; primaries 
velvety brown, paler on their inner webs ; secondaries velvety brown glossed with green, the outer ones 
white in their basal portion, presenting, in the closed wing, a narrow white speculum ; sometimes the white 
extends also to the primaries, forming a conspicuous alar bar; tail dark brown. Irides bright yellow; bill 
bluish black; feet dark brown. Total length 17 inches; extent of wings 26; wing, from flexure, 7‘5 ; 
tail2'5; bill, along the ridge 1-5, along the edge of lower mandible 1'9; tarsus 1’25; middle toe and 
claw 2’25. 
Female. A broad band surrounding the base of the upper mandible white ; head, neck, breast, and sides of the 
body blackish brown, changing to castaneous on the lower part of the breast and flanks ; on the abdomen 
lighter brown mottled with fulvous white ; darker brown in the ventral region ; under tail-coverts blackish 
brown largely marked with white ; shoulders dark brown margined with castaneous ; back and upper surface 
of wings blackish brown, glossed with green ; speculum as in the male ; tail dark brown. 
Obs. An example of the female in my collection differs from ordinary specimens in having no frontal band, 
the feathers surrounding the bill being light castaneous brown, but with a spot of white at the base of the 
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