2158 [843b] and 2159. Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield, 1821)

In 1825, Stanley listed two unsexed specimens simply as Anas,ȱwhichȱmatchesȱRafflesȱ(1822).ȱ The only species of Anas ȱlistedȱbyȱVigorsȱ(Rafflesȱ1830)ȱwasȱ Anas arcuata, aȱHorsfieldȱnameȱ from 1824. However, one skin of a relaxed mount (2158) is at NML, accession number D843b, and is a D. javanica . Lack of a second traceable specimen at NML, or a number in Moore’s stock books, suggests it may not have been part of the 1851 bequest.