216 
ANATIDA2. 
Anas sylyatica Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. vol. v. p. 167, 1816: North 
America. 
Distr .—America and ? Sandwich Islands. 
Genus VIRAGO Nowton, 
Virago Newton, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1871, p. 651, April 1st, 1872. 
Type (by original designation): Anas punctata Gould =Mareca 
castanea Eyton. 
Virago castanea (Eyton). 
Distr .—Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. 
Virago castanea castanea (Eyton). (27-252.) 
Mareca castanea Eyton, Monogr. Anat. p. 119, June 1838: New 
South Wales. (Pig. Gould, vii. pi. 11; Math. pis. 211-212; and 
Phillips, pi. 34.) 
Ana* punctata Gould, Birds Austr. pt. xix., June let, 1845 : Now South Wales. 
Not Burohell, Travels, vol. i. p. 288 (note), 1822. 
Distr .—Eastern Australia. 
Virago castanea alexanderi Mathews. 
Virago castanea alexanderi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. iii. pt. 3, 
p. 56, April 7th, 1916: South-West Australia. 
Distr. —South-West Australia. 
Virago gibberifrons (Muller). 
Distr. —Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and Islands to 
Celebes. 
Virago gibberifrons gibberifrons (Muller). (27-254.) 
Anas ( Mareca ) gibberifrons Muller, Verb. Nat. Gesch. Land- en 
Volkenk. 1842, p. 159: Celebes. (Fig. Cat. Birds, xxvii. pi. 2. 
fig. 2 ; Phillips, pi. 34.) 
Distr. —Celebes to Moluccas. 
Virago gibberifrons rogersi (Mathews). 
Nettion castaneum rogersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. pt. 4, 
p. 86, Sept. 18th, 1912: Parry’s Creek, North-West Australia. 
(Fig. Math. pi. 212.) 
Distr. —Northern Australia, New Guinea, and Islands. 
Virago gibberifrons gracilis (Buller) *. 
A?ias gracilis Buller, Ibis, Jan. 1869, p. 41 : Manawatu, North Island, 
New Zealand. 
Distr. —New Zeal nd. 
# Cf. ‘ Emu,’ vol. xxvi. p. 26, 1926. 
