31, NETTION. 255 



id. Cat. B. Trap. Isl. p. 55 (1859) ; Veir. S; Des Miirs, Rev. et 



Mar/. Zool 18G0, p. 442. 

 Anas'gibbifrons, Wa//. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 487 (Flores, Timor) ; Finsch, 



Neu-Guin. p. 183 (1865) ; Eyt. Syn. Anat. p. 94 (1869). 

 Anas punctata, Gould, Ilandb. B. Austr. ii. pp. 305, .366 (part.) 



(1865) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 861 ; Newt. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 649, 



fig. 2 (sternum), fig. 4 (tracLea with bulla ossea). 

 Auas gibberifrous, Schlcq. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 58 (1866) ; Bidler, 



Ibis, 1870, p. 459 ; ILutt. Cat. B. Xeiv Zeal. p. 36 (1871) ; Gieb. 



Thes. Dm. i. p. 353 (1872) ; Hartl. Ibis, 1877, p. 335 ; id. Vog. 



Madag. pp. 364, 365 (1877) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 



p. 209 (1877), iii. p. 38 (1878) ; Rosetib. Malay. Archip. p. 279 



(Celebes) (1878-79); Finsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 397; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1880, pp. 452, 519, 1882, p. 453, pi. xxxiii. ; Sclat. ^- Salv. Ibis, 



1882, p. 538 (note) ; Sah-ad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 398 (1882) : 



Rchnw. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 19 ; id. Vog. zool. Giirt. p. 52 



(1882) ; Vorderm. N. T. N. L xli. p. 219 (Java) (1882); Sclat. List 

 Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 432 (1883) ; Bias. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. ii. 



p. 325 (Celebes) (1885), iii. p. 171 (1886) : Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. 



K. S. W. (2) i. p. 1151 (1886) ; id. Tab. List, p. 22, u. 670 (1888) : 



Bull. B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. p. 261 (1888); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 



p. 49 (E. Timor) (1889) ; North, Cat. Nests and Eggs Austr. B. 



p. 342 (1889) ; Keartl. Vict. Nat. vii. p. 46 (Australia) (1890) ; 



Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 231 (1891) ; Wiglesiv. Aves Polyn. 



p. 70 (1892). 

 Anas muta, S. Midi, (ubi ?),Jide Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 58, 



in syn. A. gibberifrontis. 

 Anas gi'acilis, Buller, Ibis, 1809, p. 41 (New Zealand) ; Haast, I. c. 



p. 42 (note) (South Australia); Finsch, ibid. p. 380 (=gibberi- 



frons) ; Buller, Tram. N. Z. Inst. ii. p. 392 (1869) ; Hut/on, 



Trans. N. Z. Inst. xii. p. 271 (1880). 

 Anas (Querquedula) gibberifrous, Finsch, Ibis, 1869, p. 380. 

 Mareca castanea, Marie {nee Eyt.'), Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. xxvii. p. 328 



(New Caledonia) (1870); 'id. Ibis, 1877, p. 363; Layard, Ibis, 



1882, pp. 538, 544. 

 Nettion gibberifrous, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. p. 83, n. 10663 (1871). 

 Anas (\'Li'ago) castanea, part., Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 



p. 200, n. 658 (1877). 

 Anas castanea, Rams, {nee Ei/t.) Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 115 



(Hall Sound, Ethel Kiver)"(1878), p. 301 (S. New Guinea) (1879), 



iv. p. 102, n. 212 (Port Moresby, South Cape) (1879) ; Sclat. (nee 



Eyt.) P. Z. S. 1879, p. 827 (Zool. Card.) ; id. List Vert. An. 



Zool. Soc. Lo7id. 1879, p. 367 ; Hutt. Tran.i. N. Z. Inst. xii. p. 272 



(1880) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 402, n. 6 (1882). 



Adult male. Upper part of the head dark brown, with the edges 

 of the feathers reddish or greyish ; sides of the head paler, thickly 

 streaked with black or brown ; chin and throat white, immaculate ; 

 upper parts brown, the feathers edged with pale reddish, the 

 feathers of the lower back and rump almost uniform, with edges 

 scarcely paler ; the feathers of the underparts light fulvous on the 

 margins, with obsciirc brown spots in the centre, especially on the 

 breast and sides of the body, each feather having a broad central 

 mark of blackish bi-own ; sides and under tail-coverts darker than 

 the rest of the underparts ; wing-coverts dark greyish brown, with 

 an olive lustre, the greater row white, forming a band broader 



