422 A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE MUDGEE DISTRICT. 



181. Dendrocygna vagans, Eyton. 

 Kare. 



182. StICTONETTA NiEVOSA, Gld. 



183. Anas superciliosus, Gmel. 



Common, and breeds. Some well-authenticated cases of 

 hybrids between this species and the domestic duck have 

 occurred. 



184. Anas castanea, Eyton. 



Common, breeding in the district, Gould describes the eye of 

 the adult male as hazel, but we have noted it bright carmine. 



185. Spatula rhynchotis. Lath. 

 Rare, usually occurring in pairs. 



186. Nyroca australis, Gld. 



One or two shot at Beaudesert and at Reedy Creek. 



187. BiZIURA LOBATA, Sliaw. 



Seen in small numbers in the deeper reaches of the Cudgegong 



188. PODICEPS ISToViE-HOLLANDI^, Stepll. ( = P. GULARIS, Gld.). 



Common all over the district in river and creeks. 



189. Larus pacipicus, Lath. 



A large number of these birds appeared, with a few of the 

 following species, on the river at Beaudesert, and on dams, 

 especially a sludge dam, at Canadian Lead in 1885 and 1886, 

 about Christmas. 



190. Larus NoViE-HoLLANDi^E, Ste2:)h. 



191. PlOTUS NoVyE-HoLLANDI^, Gld. 



Rare. In the stomachs and hock joints of these birds we have 

 found quantities of worms. 



192. Graculus melanoleucus, Vieill. 

 Common. 



193. Graculus stictocephalus, Bj:). 

 Common. 



