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are found in the fresh-water lagoons near the sea ; and 

 they are seldom seen in winter. 



Family, Anatid^. 



Subfamily, Anatina;. 



Casarca variegata. 



Plate 16. 



Anas cheneros, Forst. Desc. Anini. p. 92. Icon. ined. 67. 



Variegated Goose, Lafh. Si/ii. vi. 441. 



Anas variegata, Gmel. Sij.^t. Nat. i. 505. 



Casarca castanea, Eytoit, Monogr. Anatidm, pi. p. 108, 



(young). 



Male. Head and neck shining green-black ; breast and 

 nape black, vermiculated with rufous ; back, posterior part 

 of breast and sides black, vermiculated with white ; abdo- 

 men ferruginous, with bands and vermiculations of black ; 

 under tail-coverts feiTuginous, varied with paler ; uropy- 

 giura and tail shining black ; wing-covcrts pure white ; se- 

 condaries shining green ; tertials with the outer webs fer- 

 ruginous and the inner ones cinereous. 



Length, 2 feet; bill from gape, 2 inches; wings, 1 foot 

 2j inches ; tarsi, 21- inches. 



The female is similar to the male, except that the head 

 and part of the neck are pure white ; the breast and nape 

 are ferruginous, varied on the margins with black. The 

 young birds differ by being entirely castaneous beneath, 

 undulated on the abdomen with black. 



" Habitat in australis insulae Novaj Zeelandiae Portu 

 Obscure. Semper per paria a me observata, inde suspicor 

 eandam esse monogamam. Mas sonum streperum instar 

 crotali edit. Difficiles accessu. Ad ostia rivulorum et 

 aquarum dulcium semper re])erta." Forsler. 



Forster placed on the drawing of this bird the name of 

 Pooa dugghie dugghie, but Dr. Dieffenbach says it is the 

 Putangi tangi of the natives (North Island, Mr. P. Earl), 

 and the Paradise Duck of the settlers. " At Mataineka, 

 South Island," says Mr. P. Earl, " it is termed Putakitaki, 

 and is an exceedingly wild bird. Thej' breed near the sea 

 shore, so that at the ajjproach of danger they run into the 

 surf with their young, which vary from six to twelve in 

 number, and are black and white. Flesh coarse and un- 

 palatable." 



Anas supeeciliosa. 



Anas superciliosa, Gmel. Sijst. Nat. i. 537. 



Anas leucophrys, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 93. Icon. ined. 

 t. 77. 



Supercilious Duck, Lath. Si/n. vi. 497. 



Brown, each feather margined with ochre white ; eye- 

 brows, cheeks and upper part of neck white or yellowish 

 white ; cheeks with two small bands of blackish brown, 

 one of which passes through the eye ; the quills obscure 

 brown, with the speculum bright green, margined above 

 and below with black ; tail brown, margined with white. 



Length, 1 foot 10 inches; bill from gape, Ij-inch; wings 

 10 inches 4 lines ; tarsi, 1 inch 3 lines. 



" Habitat in insula australi Nova; Zeelandiae, in Portu 

 Obscure et in ^stuario Regina; Charlotta;." Forster. 



This duck is the He Parrera or Parera of the natives. 



and is scattered throughout New Zealand, Chatham and 

 Campbell Islands. 



Anas chlorotis. 

 Plate 20. 



Top of head black, margined with rufous ; back of neck 

 and nape greyish brown ; back and wing-coverts greyish 

 brown, more or less margined with pale rufous white ; se- 

 condaries the same, but with blotches of black ; cheeks 

 and beneath pale rufous white, darkest on the fore part and 

 sides of breast, from whence to the vent spotted with black; 

 under tail-coverts black, varied with dark ferruginous ; the 

 region of the ears tinged with green ; quills blackish brown ; 

 the speculum black tinged with green, and bordered above 

 and below with rufous white. 



The female differs by the under side being entirely black- 

 ish brown margined with pale rufous white. 



Length, 1 foot (S inches ; bill from gape, 1 inch 11 lines; 

 wings, 8 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 6 lines. 



Found on the banks of the fresh-water streams of both 

 islands. It is known, says Mr. P. Earl, by the name of 

 Pateka. 



Spatula khynchotis. 



Anas rhynchotis, Lat/i. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. 70. Lnnib. 

 Icon. ined. 



Male. Blackish brown, margined with white or ochre- 

 white ; nape greyish brown ; the cheeks and throat ochre- 

 white, dotted with brown ; back with blotches of greenish 

 black ; breast pale fen-uginous, margined with black ; ab- 

 domen dark ferruginous marked with black ; wing-coverts 

 bluish lilac, greater coverts margined with white, speculum 

 bright gi-een ; quills, tertials and tail brownish black; un- 

 der tail-coverts black ; a white lunate mark before each eve. 



Length, 1 foot 5j inches ; bill from gape, 2 inches 10 

 lines; wings, 10 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 4 lines. 



This Shoveller is known at Mataineka, South Island, by 

 the name of Kukupaku. It is found in pairs, says Mr. P. 

 Earl, in small creeks inland. 



Subfamily, Fuligulince. 



HYMENOLAIMtlS MALACORHYNCHUS. 



Anas malacorhyncha, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 94. Icon, 

 ined. 74. 



Soft-billed Duck, Lath. Syn. vi. 522. 



Malacorhynchus Forsterorum, Wagl. Isis, 1832,/?. 1235. 



Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus, G. R. Gray, Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. 1843, p. 370. 



Head and neck greyish brown, tinged with green ; other 

 parts grey, tinged with green reflections ; breast and ab- 

 domen paler, each feather margined with white, the former 

 varied with chesnut and some blackish spots ; tertials mar- 

 gined exteriorly with velvety black ; middle of the abdo- 

 men and under tail-coverts tinged with rufous. 



Length, 1 foot 5j inches ; bill from gape, 1 inch 1 1 

 lines ; wings, 8y inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 9 lines. 



" Habitat in aquis dulcibus et rivulis silvestribus insula; 

 australis Nova; Zealandia; in Portu jjraesertim Obscure. 



