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06. Anseranas semipalmata (Lath.). 



11 df iid., Alligator River, October lOu:.!, October 1903 (Nob. 93T, 1)39, 941 

 943,944, 1711, 1798 to isol). 



1 c?, 1 ?, near Mary Kiver, Northern Territory, 'S^. ix. 19112 (Nos. 938, 941). 

 " Iris brown, feet yellow." 



Many of the specimens have the white uader-surtkce soiled with rust-brown, 

 apparently from water containing iron. 



07. Nettapus pulchellus Gould. 



Nelkqms jiiikhdhis Gould, P. Z. H. 1841. p. 8'J (N. Australia). 



3 Jc?, 3 ? ?, «outh Alligator River, October 190:^; (Nos. 931 to 936). 



1 tJ, Mary River, Northern Territory, 1-;. ix. 199:^ (No. 930). 



3 c?c?, :3 '? ?, Margaret River, Northern Territory, Angnst 1902 (Nos. K. 547 



to 00 I . 



Found on mo.st of the watercourses in the i)arts visited by Mr. Tunney, though 

 not very numerous. 



OS. Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsf.). 



Anas (irciKttu Horsf., Xonl. Ris. in Java, pi. 65 (1822 ; Java). 



7 c^ ¥ ad., .Sonth Alligator River, October 190::.', June 1903 (Nos. 960 to 965, 

 1191). 



•Z ad., Meda Station, L'7. i. 1902 (Nos. R. 377, 378). 



69. Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton). 



Leptotarsis eytoni Eyton, Mon. Aiiat. p. 1 1 1 (1838 : ex Gould MS. — Australia). 



1 (?, 3 ? ?, hiouth Alligator River, October 1903 (Nos. 1793 to 1790). 



1 <S, Mary River, September 1902 (No. 9.59). 



1 (?, 1 ?, Glencoe Station, 3. xii. 1902 (Nos. 957, 958). 



1 J, Mt. Ringwood, 24. ix. 1902 (No. 966). 



1 ¥ , Meda Station (Derby), 28. i. 1902 (No. H. 376). 



70. Tadorna radjah rufitergum subsp. nov. 



Anas mdjiih Garn., Vuji. Coqii., ZmA. i. 2, p. 'M)2 (18:i8 : Buru).] 



Oomparing the Australian specimens with our large series from the Moluccan 

 Islands and New Guinea, Mr. Rothschild and I found that the former difier strikingly 

 from the latter {i.e. typical radjah) by their chestnut or dark chestnut, instead of 

 brownish black upper back. 



Type of T. r. ruliteri/tcm : c? ad.. South Alligator River, 13. x. 1902. Tunney 

 coll. (No. 975). 



Count Salvadori {('at. B. Brit. Mas. xxvii. p. 170) has already drawn attention 

 to the difi'erences of Australian specimens, but has not given a name to them. The 

 larger size of the Australian bird is not constant in a series, though generally 

 noticeable. 



12 c? ? ad., 1 juv.. South Alligator River, October— November 1902, June 1903 

 (Nos. 907 to 977, 1189, 1190). "Iris and legs white." 



