176 ANATID^. 



Vofjelsamml. p. 228 (1891) ; Meyer, J. f. 0. 1892, p. 265; North, 



Cat. Nests ii- JE(/(/s Austr. B. p. 338 (1889). 

 lladjali evtooi, Rchnb. Av. Si/st. Nat. p. x (1852) ; Bp. Comjd. 



Rend, xlili. p. 649, u. 51 (18o6). 

 Anas leucomelas, Gam., Jide Bp. Compt. Bend, xliii. p. 649, in syu. 



Radjah eytoni (1856) ; G. B. Gr. P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 365, in syu. 



Tadornse radjali. 

 Radjah radjali, G. B. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 80, n. 10619 (1871) ; 



Sund. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 146 (1872). 

 Vulpanser radjah, BcJmiv. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 36. 

 GenniBOchen radjah, Heine, Nomencl. Miis. Hein. Or7i. p. 343 (1890). 



Adult male. Head, neck, breast, and abdomen white ; back, 

 scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts black ; the mantle vermi- 

 culatcd with narrow chestnut lines ; a chestnut pectoral band, with 

 narrow black lines ; under tail-coverts and lower flanks brown- 

 black, vermiculated with narrow white lines ; upper wing-coverts 

 white, with a black band near the tip of the greater ones ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and primaries black ; a glossy green speculum 

 on the secondaries, edged with black posteriorly ; tips of the 

 secondaries broadly white ; inner secondaries or tertials brown- 

 black, rich chestnut on the outer web ; outer under wing-coverts 

 black, the inner ones white ; tail black : " eyelids yellow ; iris milk- 

 white ; bill and feet white ; claws dusky white ; nostrils blackish "' 

 {Wallace). Total length about 19 inches, wing 11, tail 5, culmen 

 1-75, tarsus 2 •12. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Youwj birds have the upper part of the head and the nape dark 

 ■reddish, the upper wing-coverts edged with blackish, the black band 

 near the tips of the greater wing-coverts broader, and the green 

 speculum duller. 



Australian specimens are larger, and have the back much more 

 chestnut than those from the Moluccas and Papuan Islands. 



Hal). Moluccas, Papuan Islands, and Australia. 



a, h. Ad. et imm. sk. Gilolo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Mortv Is. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Morty Is. {A.B.W.). Tweeddale CoU. 



e. f. 6 ad. sk. et ad. Batchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



St. 



(/, h. S "cl- et imm. Bouru. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



i. Ad. sk. Oeram. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



k. J juv. sk. Isl. of Larat, Timor H. O. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. 



Laut, Aug. 



/ 9 iuv sk. Isl. of Larat, Timor Tweeddale Coll. 



Laut,Sept.(lf.0.i''.). 



VI. S ad. sk. New Guinea. II. J. Elwes, Esq. [P.]. 



n. S ad. sk. Nekoora, S.E. New Tweeddale CoU.; 



Guinea, Dec. 



Ad st Australia. ]\[ajor-Gen. Hardwicke 



[P.]. 



p. Ad. st. Australia. Lady Carringtou [P.]. 



q,r. Ad.sk. K\\siY&\\A {Cockerell i) Salviu-Godman CoU. 



Thorjje). 



