A Manual of Philippine BirdsMcGregor, Richard C. (Richard Crittenden)
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A Manual of Philippine Birds
McGregor, Richard C. (Richard Crittenden)
Birds -- Philippines
This little bird is the only species of goose so far recorded from
the Islands; it occurs on the Laguna de Bay and a few specimens
were secured in Tarlac Province, Luzon. Oates lists three eggs of
this species as having been collected in Siquijor by the Steere
Expedition but Steere does not mention the species. A large goose
has been reported as occurring in the northern part of Luzon but no
specimen has been taken.
Subfamily ANATINÆ.
Genera.
a1. Bill not spatulate.
b1. Central tail-feathers not greatly lengthened.
c1. No wing-speculum; lower portion of tarsi with small reticulate
scales in front. ... Dendrocygna (p. 187)
c2. Wing-speculum present; lower portion of tarsi with transverse
scutella in front.
d1. Larger; bill broader; culmen more than 50 mm.
e1. Bill uniform blackish. ... Anas (p. 189)
e2. Bill with a broad yellow band at the tip. ... Polionetta
(p. 190)
d2. Smaller; bill narrower; culmen less than 45 mm.
e1. Larger; wing more than 230 mm. ... Mareca (p. 191)
e2. Smaller; wing less than 215 mm.
f1. Secondary-coverts brown; greater part of head and neck
chestnut in adult. ... Nettion (p. 192)
f2. Secondary-coverts blue-gray; head and neck not
chestnut. ... Querquedula (p. 195)
b2. Central tail-feathers greatly lengthened. ... Dafila (p. 194)
a2. Bill flattened and spatulate. ... Spatula (p. 196)
Genus DENDROCYGNA Swainson, 1837.
General color largely blackish and reddish or yellowish brown; breast
more or less spotted; no bright colored speculum nor white wing-patch;
inner web of first primary deeply scooped near its middle; next three
quills slightly emarginate.
Species.
a1. Wing-coverts deep chestnut.
b1. Fore part of head white. ... viduata [21]
b2. Fore part of head brown; breast rufous-chestnut with small
black spots. ... arcuata (p. 187)
a2. Wing-coverts blackish brown; breast and sides marked with round
white spots. ... guttulata (p. 189)
155. DENDROCYGNA ARCUATA (Horsfield).
WANDERING TREE DUCK.
Anas arcuata Horsfield, Zool. Res. in Java (1822), pl. 65.
Dendrocygna arcuata Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1895), 27,
153; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1902), 2, 158.
Dendrocygna arcuata Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 214; McGregor
and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 37.
Ba-li'-uis, Luzon; ná-ga, Ticao; ga-kit', Bohol.
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