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Lake of Duenas; but, as specimens have not been collected, 
they cannot be referred with certainty to this species. 
Subfarn. Parrinje. 
/■ 362. Parra gymnostoma, Wagler. Parra cordifera, Less. : 
Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 42. 
Very common at Belize and Pcten ; less so at Omoa (Leyland). 
Observed by Salvin in the Pacific coast-region near Santana 
Mixtan, and obtained by Capt. C. L. Wyke on the Lake of 
Amatitlan in the central region. 
Ordo VII. ANSERES. 
Fam. I. ANATIDiE. 
f 363. Dendrocygna autumnalts (Linn.): Baird, Bep. p.770 
(N. A.) 
Shot by Mr. G. C. Taylor on the Lake of Yojoa, Honduras. 
364. Dafila acuta (Linn.): Baird, Rep. p.776. (N. A.) 
Seen at Belize in December, and common, during the winter, 
on the Lake of Duenas. It departs northward in March. 
^ 365. Querquedula carolinexsis (Gm.): Baird, Rep. p.777. 
(N.A.) 
Aloor River, Honduras (Leyland). 
^ 366. Querquedula dtscors (Linn.) : Baird, Rep. p. 7/9. 
(N.A.) 
Common in winter on the Lake of Duenas, but disappears m 
March. Also seen at Santana Mixtan, Pacific coast-region. 
* 367. Spatula clypeata (Linn.): Baird, Rep. p-781. (N. A.) 
Like the two preceding, inhabits the Lake of Duenas during 
the winter, and departs towards the end of March. 
/■ 368. Mareca americaxa (Gm.): Baird, Rep. p. /B3. (N. A.) 
Common on the Lake of Atitlan, where it was seen in May 
1858, and also observed near the village of Laguna, about a 
day’s journey from Guatemala. 
369. Fultgula afftnis, Eyton : Baird, Rep. p. 791. (N. A.) 
Excessively abundant on the Lake of Duefins m t ie win e_ 
