08 ANATlD.i:. 



Immative male. Has the anterior part of the cheeks and the 

 throat tinged with blackish, while the posterior part of the cheeks 

 and the ear- coverts are covered by a very conspicuous white patch. 



Bab. Australia, Southern New Guinea, Tenimber Islands, Mo- 

 luccas, and Celebes. 



a. Imm. st. 



b. c? ad. sk. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 c.d. S 2 iwl. St. Port Essinfjton. The Earl of Derby 



[P.]. 

 e. rjl.id.sk. Port Essington. J. B. .lukes, E.sq. 



[P.]. 

 /. <S ad. sk. N.W. Australia. Capt. Bowyer Bower 



g,h. c? 2 ad. sk. Adelaide River, N.W. Aus- P. W. Bassett Smith, 



tralia. Esq. [P.] 



I. c? ad. sk. Pt. Albany, N.W. Australia Tweeddale Coll. 



{Co.ve7i). 



k. S ad. sk. Pt. -Aloresby, S.E. New J. Goldie [C.]. 



Guinea. 



/. 9 ad. sk. I.arat, Tenimber Island, H. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



Aug. [C.]. 



3. Nettopus coromandelianus. 



Sarcelle de Coromandel, UAuhmt. PL Eiil. 949 ( cJ ), 950 ( $ ) ; 



Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. i.x. p. 274 (1783). 

 Coromandel Teal, Lath. Syn. iii. 2, p. 556, n. 95 (1785). 

 Anas covomandeliana, Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 522, n. 90 (1788) ; Lath. 



Ind. Orn. ii. p. 875, n. 106 (1790) ; Vieill. N. D. v. p. 171 (ISKi) ; 



Dum. Dirt. 8c. Nat. vi. p. .S9() (1817). 

 Anas eoromandelica, Bonn. Enc. Mcth. i. p. 159, n. 86 (1791). 

 Bernicla coromandeliana, Steph. Gen. Znol. xii. 1, p. 56 (1824). 

 Chenalopex coromandeliana, Leas. Tr. d'Oni. p. 627, n. 5 (1831). 

 Anser coromandeliana, Syhes, F. Z. 8. 1831, p. 125. 

 Anas girra, J. E. Gr. in Hardic. 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 68 (1832). 

 Anser givra, 8ykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 1()7 (Dukhuu). 

 Cheniscus coromandelianus, Eyt. Mon. Annt. p. 89 (1838). 

 Microcygna coromandeliana, G. E. Gr. Li.4 Gen. B. p. 73 (1840); 



id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 93 (1841): Hartl. 8i/st. Verz. Ges. Mas. 



p. 118 (1844). 

 Dendvoc>gna? girra, Jerd. Madr. Jovrn. xii. p. 218, n. 378 (1840). 

 DendrocVyna affinis, Jerd. op. cit. p. 219, n. 378 bis (winter dress) 



(1840 r 



Nettapus coromandelianus, G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mns. iii. p. 129 

 (1844); id. Gen. B. iii. p. 608, u. 1 (part.) (1844); lichnb. 8yn. 

 Av, Natal ores, t. 96. ff. 933-35 (1845) ; G. R. Gr. Cat. Ilodgs. 

 Coil. B. M. p. 144 (1846); Bli/th, Cat. B. Mus. A. 8. B. p. 302, 

 n. 1766 (1841)); Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 136 (1852); Echnb. Av. 

 8yst. Nat. p. ix (1852); Lnyard, Ann. ^- May. N. H. (2) xiv. 

 p. 2(i9 (1854); Licht. Nomenct. Av. p. 10 (Sumatia) (1854); Bp. 

 Onnj^t. Eend. xliii. p. 649, n. 60 (18-")6) ; Jei-d. B. of Ind. iii. 

 p. 786 (1864) ; Peh. Eeise Noiara, Voy. p. 136 (Manila) (1865) ; 

 8chkq. Miis. P.-B., Anseres, p. 76 (Java) (1866) ; Blyth, Ibis, 

 1867," pp. 175, ••110: Bearnn, Ibis, 18(i8, p. 40] ; Eyt. 8yn. Anat. 



