OF NEW SOUllI WALES. 301 



188. — Dendrocygna guttata, Forsten; Salvad. and D'Alh. tc. p. 

 839 ; Salvad. tc. y. 49 ; Sharjrje, t.c. p. 505, Bamsa,y, P.L.8. 

 1^.8.W.,II, p. 395. 



This is a common species on all the rivers and lagoons near 

 Port Moresby. They breed in holes in the trees. The young 

 attain the spots on the flanks at an early age, probably after the 

 first month. 



189. — Dendrocygna vagans, Eyton; Salvad., op. cit. IX, p. 49 ; 



Sharpe, op. cit. p. 505, 



This species was not found to oc so nlentiful as the pro- 

 ceeding ; habits the same. 

 Loc. Laloki River. 



190. — Anas castanea, Eyton; Ramsay, P.L.S., N.8.W., III., 

 p. 115; Gould, Bds. Aust,, fol. , vol. VII, pi. 11. 



Tolerably plentiful on sheets of water of any extent, and found 

 at times in the salt water marshes and mangrove flats at low 

 tides. 



191.— Anas sdperciliosa, Gm. Gray, Handlist of B., HI, p. 82; 



Sharpe, t.c, p. 505. 



Specimens, not in any way differing from our Australian birds 

 of this species, were obtained on the Laloki River ; also found 

 occasionally on the mangrove flats and at Shaw's Lagoon. 



Order GAYIiE. 



LARID^. 



STERNIN^. 



192. — Sterna anglica, Mont.; Saunders, P.Z.S., 187, p. 



Gelochelidon macrotarsa, Gould, Bds. Aust, Supp. fol. vol. I, pi. 



81 ; Handbook, id. II, sp. 608. 



One specimen obtained by Mr. Goldie during his trip to Cou- 



tance Island. 



193 — Sterna bergeri, Lecht. ; Gould, Bds. Aust. Handbook II, 

 p. 394, sp. 601 ; Ramsay, List Aust Bds., sp. 680. 



Common throughout the Torres Straits. 



