_Anas acuta_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 126. (Type
locality, Europe, restricted to Sweden.)
_Dafila acuta acuta_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 185
(Pagan).
_Anas acuta acuta_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 206
(Pagan).
_Anas acuta_ Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302
(Micronesia).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in Iceland, northern Europe and Asia.
Winters south to northern Africa, Asia and Philippines. In
Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Pagan, Guam; Palau Islands--exact
locality unknown.
_Remarks._--The Pintail has been recorded from Pagan and Guam in the
northern Marianas and from the Palau Islands and is thought to be an
uncommon visitor to Micronesia. At Guam, Flavin (field notes) recorded
one female on October 27, 1945, and three females and two drakes on
January 19, 1946. Marshall (1949:221) saw a flock of fifteen Pintails at
Saipan on February 7, 1945.
=Anas acuta tzitzihoa= Vieillot