4. ANSERANAS. 45 



Bp.Covipt. nend. xliii. p. 649, n. 42 (1850) ; 7?e/p. of Council Z. S. 



1856, p. 13 (Zool. Gard.) ; Z^ichold, J.f. O. 1858, p. 41 (Turner's 



Creek) ; Bennett, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 266; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 185 



(Zool. Gard.); Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 352 (1865); Schlexj. 



Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 92 (1866) ; Miill. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 280; 



G. JR. Gr. Hand-l. iii. p. 73, n. 10552 (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. 



p. 374 (1872) ; Rams. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 590 ; id. Pr. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. i. pp. 194, 217 (Clarence River), 219, 220 (1876); id. 



P. Z. S. 1877, p. 345 (Queensland) ; Diyyl. B. Austr. ii. p. 109 (1877) ; 



Bams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 200, n. 648 (1878) ; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 497, 535 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 350 (trachea) ; 



Sclat. List Fert. An. 8th ed. p. 415, n. 940 (1883); Rams. Tab. 



List, p. 22, n. 659 (1888) ; Petterd, Pr. R. Son. Tasm. 1888, 



pp. 91, 92 (Tasmania) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 52 (1889). 

 Anseranas melanoleucos, Bolle, J.f. O. 1856, p. 166 (Zool. Gard.). 

 Cygnus melanoleucus, Schleg. JJierent. p. 277 (1864). 

 Anseranas semipalmatus, Byt. Sipi. Anat. p. 23 (1869). 

 Choristopus melanoleucus, Sund. MetJi. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 145 



(1872) ; Rchnw. Vog. Zool. Gtirt. p. 68 (1882) ; Hein. &,• Rchnw. 



Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 340 (1890). 

 Anseranas melanoleucus, Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 528, n. 2568 



(1882) ; Sharpe, Cat. Ost. Spec. Coll. Surr/. iii. p. 289 (1891). 

 Anseranas semipalmata, Stejn. Stand. Nat. Hist, iv., Birds, p 1.39 



(1885). 



Adult. Head, neck, mantle, wings, tail, and thighs black ; back, 

 rump, breast, abdomen, upper and under tail-coverts, scapulars, and 

 smaDer upper wing-coverts white : " irides blackish brown ; bill 

 reddish brown; feet yellow" (Gould). Total length 35 inches, 

 wing 18-5, tail 8, bill 3-25, tarsus 3-62. 



Immature hirds have the middle of the back and scapulars black; 

 the sides of the bill almost smooth, with no horny productions, or 

 scarcely any. 



Hah. Australia and Tasmania. 



a. Ad. St. Australia. Purchased. 



b. Imm. sk. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. (5 ad. sk. Port Essington. J. B. Jukes, Esq. fP 1 



d. Ad. sk. • N. S. Wales. Hume Coll. 



e. Ad. St. Murray R. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 /. Ad. St. S. Australia. Sir G. GreV [P.]. 

 g. Skeleton. S. Australia. Zool. Soc. 



h. Skeleton. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



»', k. Skeletons. 



Subfamily III. PLECTROPTERIN^. 



Kcij to the Genera. 



a. Lores naked; forehead and base of the bill 



furnished with caruncles. [p. 46. 



a'. Long spurs on the wings 5. PLKCTnoPTERUS, 



b'. Wings without spurs 6. Caiuixa, p. 51. 



h. liOres deuselv feathered. 



