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Occurrence of the Black-Bellied Tree-Duck in Southern California

Authors
H. C. Bryant
Journal
Condor
Volume
16
Issue
2 (March-April)
Year
1914
Pages
94
Section
From Field and Study
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Occurrence of the Black-bellied Tree-duck in California

In the possession of Mr. Vernon Shepherd, a taxidermist of San Francisco, there is a mounted specimen of a Black-bellied Tree-duck taken in the Imperial Valley, southern California, in the fall of 1912. The specimen was sent with a sack of ducks to the market near the first of the season and was obtained from L. Scatena Company.

I believe this is the first authentic record of the Black-bellied Tree-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) for California.

H. C. BRYANT

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.  

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