/^ A.WJTD.E. 



'^^ *'• rf 2 "*l-sk. Kiitkiaiig-, June, Jiilv. F. W. Styaii, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 /*. $ ad. sk. Malacca {Cantor). India Museum [P.]. 



jr*. cf nr. ad. sk. Sarawak. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 A', 8*. S ad. sk. Java (Dinrd). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k\ S nr. ad. sk. Manilla {Mmtland Herht). Tweeddale Coll. 

 I*. $ inini. sk. Philippine Islanda. 



OT*. 2 inim.sk. Menado, N. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



n^. Sternum. Pegu. "W. E. Oate.s, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Nettopus albipennis. 



Nettapiis coromandelianus, Gould {nee Gm.), B. Austr. vii. pi. 6 



^ (pt. vi., 1842) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 608, n. 1 (part.) (1844). 



Nettapus albipennis, Gould, B. Auntr. vii. text to pi. -5 (1842) ; id. 



B. Austr. i. Introd. p. xci (1848) ; Rchnb. Syn. Av., Natatores, 



t. 96. ff. 936^;37 (1845?) (e.v Goidd); Bp. i'ompt. Rend, xliii. 



p. 649, n. 61 (1856); Gould, Hcmdh. B. Ansfr. ii. p. 359 (1865) ; 



Sc/ile(;. Mus. P.-B. Anseres, p. 77 (1866) ; Blyth, lhi.% 1866, 



p. ;350 (note); Finsch, Verh. z.-h. Ges. Jf7e//, 1872, p. 339; Pelz. 



Ibis, 1873, p. 122; Remits. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 346; id. Pr. Li^m. 



Sop. X. ,S. W. ii.p. 200, ii. 651 (1878) ; Sidr. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. 



p. 530, n. 2579 (1882) ; Rams. Tab. list, p. 22, n. 662 (1888). 

 Nettapus bicolor, Less. Echo du Monde Savatd, 1844, p. 127 (New 



Holland). 

 Anserella albipennis, G. P. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 77, n. 10596 (1871) ; 



Rchnw. Orn. Cenfralbl. 1882, p. 22. 

 Nettapus coromandelicus, part., Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 701 (1875). 

 Nettopus albipennis, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1 880, p. 505. 

 Nettapus coromandelianus albipennis, Marterf, Kat. Vor/ehamml. 



p. 228, u. 3.375 (1891j. 



Very similar to N. comwandelianvs, from which it is doubtfully 

 distinct, differing only in the larger size. Total length 18-5 inches, 

 Tving 7"o, tail 3'4, culmen 9, tarsus 1. 



Ifah. Eastern Australia, from Kockingham Eay to New South 

 "Wales {Hamsai/). 



a, b. cJ 5 ad. sk. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. J ad.sk. Interior of Australia. Aug. Sir J. Mitchell [C.]. 



d. J ad. st. Clarence liiver, N. S. W. Sydney Museum [P.]. 



12. JEX. 



Trpe. 



AIx, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 329 JE. gale'riculata. 



Dendronessa, >Sw. Faun. Bor.-A7n., Birds, p. 497 



(1831) JE. galericulata. 



Lainpronessa, Woffl. Jsis, 1832, p. 282 Al. sponsa. 



Aia (errore), Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 35 (1838). 

 Cosiuouessa, Rchnb. {nee Kanp) Av. t'l/st. JS'at. p. x 



(1852) JE. spoisa. 



JEx, B. (). U. List Br. B. p. 123 (1883) { = A\x,Bvie). 



Range. Confined to Northern America and Eastern Asia. 



