372 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE DULEETIN 2. 6. 
PisoBiA EuscicoLLis (Vieillot). 
Tringa fuscicoUis VieilL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXIV. 1819. p. 461 
(Paraguay). 
Common at Las Guacos, San Feliz River during May, 1907. 
Gaelinago par.\guaiae (A'ieillot). 
Scolopax paraguaiac Vieill., Nouv. Diet. III. 1816. p. 336. 
GaUinago paraguaiac Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 130. 
Native name Cogelas todas. Not uncommon along the marshy 
borders of small streams that eross the savannas, and widely dis- 
tributed over the savannas themselves during the rainy season. The 
species was noted at all points visited along the river. 
Gallinago brasiliensis (Swainson). 
Scolopax Brasiliensis Swainson, Faun. Boreal. Am. 1831 : p. 400 
(Brazil). 
Gallinago brasiliensis Stone, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1913: p. 192. 
(Orinoco delta, Cafio Corosal). 
Stone records specimens from Cano Corosal (Orinoco delta 
country). 
ANATID.VE- DUCKS, GEESE, ETC. 
Cairina moschata (L.). 
^Inas moschata L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1758. p. 124. 
Cairina moschata Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 131. 
Native names Pato real; Pato negro. Common. 
Eye seal brown; bill black; bare skin about face black, the caruncles 
at base of bill and about face black at their base, pale scarlet at their 
free ends ; feet black. 
The Pato real when not feeding spends much of its time in the 
large trees bordering streams. During the rainy season it feeds 
almost entirely on the open savannas but as the dry season advances 
it is driven more to the wooded banks of ponds and streams. It is 
exceedingly wary and the native hunter considers himself fortunate 
to bag a pato negro. They may be often seen completely domesticated 
and breeding about the native houses. 
Five ducklings, an entire brood, three or four days old, were 
taken at Las Barrancas, San Feliz River. ]\Iay 30, 1907. 
