. A natural history of the ducks . ld Coast (Hartlaub, 1885); but then again,has never been recorded from Togo, Dahomey, or Nigeria. In Camerun it is a well-known bird,especially on the Ja River, where it breeds (Bates, 1909). The same explorer found it at Efulen,Benito, and Como, while Zenker, the first to discover this species in Camerun, found it near Jaunde(Reichenow, 1900). Reichenow (1911) states that it was found on the Decha River and in four placesbetween there and the coast. There are as yet no records from north Camerun. According to Roche-brune (1883-85) it is rare, but resident in
. A natural history of the ducks . ld Coast (Hartlaub, 1885); but then again,has never been recorded from Togo, Dahomey, or Nigeria. In Camerun it is a well-known bird,especially on the Ja River, where it breeds (Bates, 1909). The same explorer found it at Efulen,Benito, and Como, while Zenker, the first to discover this species in Camerun, found it near Jaunde(Reichenow, 1900). Reichenow (1911) states that it was found on the Decha River and in four placesbetween there and the coast. There are as yet no records from north Camerun. According to Roche-brune (1883-85) it is rare, but resident in Gambia and Senegal, a statement difficult to accept. On two different occasions the species was found in Spanish Guinea, while in French EquatorialAfrica it was found abundant in Gabun, on the Kamma and on the Ogowe Rivers, by Du Chaillu(Cassin, 1859). Recently it has also been taken in the Rio Benito region, at Alen, Uelleburg, andBebai (Reichenow, 1910). Marche (Barboza de Bocage, 1880) has obtained it from Doume. The <-J < LUI- m< 0:< I HARTLAUBS TEAL 87 southern limit seems to be the Congo Delta. Just north of there it was found at Luemba and Chis-sambo on the Loango coast, by Lucan and Petit (Sharpe and Bouvier, 1876). There is also a speci-men in the Paris Museum from the interior, namely, from the Alima River. The chief habitat of this species seems to be the strip from the Atlantic, east to about 29° E. long.,lying between the Equator and 5° N. lat.; that is, southern Camerun, north-central French Congo,and northern Congo Free State. Mr. Chapin, in a valuable letter, has sent me details as to its statusin the northeastern Congo, where it was previously discovered by Camburn (Neumann, Bull. BritishOrnith. Club, vol. 21, p. 42, 1908). The observations cover the districts of the Upper Uelle and of theIturi, in both of which areas Camburn also met with this species. Chapin observed and took speci-mens in the region between Niangara on the Uelle, south to
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