Length about 16 inches. Island of Chilóe.
78. Anas fretensis.—Nob. in Proceedings of Zool. Soc.
An. gulâ, genis, collo, pectore, dorsoque anteriori pallidè badiis; collo graciliter undulato; pectore dorsoque anteriori atro maculato; dorso abdomineque imis, crisso, caudâque albis nigro fasciatis; dorsi fasciis latis, abdominis gracillimis, caudæ sublatioribus, crissi sparsim undulatis; capite supra, remigibus, scapularibusque virescenti-atris; his albo in medio lineatis; tectricibus plumbeo-canis, fasciâ apicali albâ; speculo supra viridi, deinde purpureo, fasciâ atrâ apice albo terminatâ.
Statura Anatis creccoidis, Nob.
Strait of Magalhaens.
79. Anas Rafflesii.—Nob. in Zool. Jour. iv. 97.
An. castaneo-rufa, capite abdomineque medio saturatiorbus; notis dorsi, remigibus, caudâ supra, crissoque nigris; ptilis cæruleis, pteromatibus albis, speculo alarum viridi.
A figure of the bird is given in the supplementary plates of the Zool. Jour. Supp. XXIX.
Length, 20 inches.
Strait of Magalhaens, and Western coast to Chilóe.
This beautiful bird bears the name of the late Sir J. Stamford Raffles, to whose exertions the science of Zoology is under no trifling obligation.