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