316 



in the male of S. dypeata according to age, I am inclined to 

 consider the Australian and New Zealand forms as specifically 

 identical. 



Hah. Australia, Tasmania, and Xew Zealand. 



a, cJ imui. st. 

 h, c. S ad. sk. 

 (I. cS imm. sk. 

 e. S ad. sk. 

 A'J,h. S 2 imm.sk. 



h k. S ^ ad. St. 



/. c? ad. sk. 

 m. cS imm. st. 

 71. (S ad. sk. 

 o. Juv. sk. 



p. S imm. sk. 

 q. (S ad. sk. 



r, s. 5 ad. et ^ 

 imm. sk. 



Australia. 

 Australia ? 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 



N. S. Wales. 



Pm'cliased. 



Gould Coll. 



II. J. Elwes, Esq. [P.]. 



Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



r. D. Godman, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Australian Museum 



Hume Coll. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



N. S. Wales. 



S. Australia. 



Tasmania. 



Near Hobart Town, Tas- 

 mania, Nov. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



(Type of Spatula varieyata, Gould.) 



Cook's Straits, New Zea- Capt. Stokes [P.]. 

 land. 



P. Earl, Esq. [P.] 

 VV. Mantell, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Spatula platalea. 



Pato espatula, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 427, n. 431 (Buenos Ayres) (1805), 

 unde 



Anas platalea, Vt'eill. N. D. v. p. 157 (1816) ; id. Enc. Meth. i. p. 357 

 (1823) ; Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii, p. 517 (Parana and Buenos 

 Ayresj (1861) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Anseres, p. 35 (1866) ; Gieh. 

 Thes. Orn. i. p. 360 (1872). 



Spatula platalea, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 980 ; Hartl. Ind. Azar. Apunt. 

 p. 27, u. 431 (1847) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 335 (Chili) ; Sclat. ^ 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 145 (Conchitas) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, iii. 

 p. 85, u. 10678 (1871) ; Burm. P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 368 (Argentine) ; 

 Sclat. &)■ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 130 (Falklands) (1873); 

 Durnf. Ibis, 1876, p. 163 (Buenos Ayres) ; Sclat. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1876, pp. 17, 396 (Tungasuca, Peru) ; Dunif. Ibis, 1877, p. 41 

 (Chuput), 1878, p. 65 (Buenos Ayres), p. 401 (Centr. Patag.) ; 

 Sclat. S,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 436 (Sandy Point) ; Legye, B. of 

 Ceyl. p. 1088 (1880) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 523 ; Sclat. S,- Salv. 

 Voy. Challemj., Birds, p. 107 (1881) ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 625 

 (Argentine) ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 536 (1882) ; B., B., ^■ 

 a. Water-Birds N. Am. pp. 525, 526 (1884) ; Barrows, Auk, 

 1884, p. 274 (Carhue, Pampas) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 480 (1886); 

 Berl. J.f. 0. 1887, ^. 124; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 48 (type of 

 R. maculatits, J. & S.) (1889) ; Sclat. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 136 

 (1889); Hartert, Eat. Togelsamml. p. 232 (1891) ; Frenzel, J.f. O. 

 1891, p. 125 (Cordoba); Berk. James, New List Chil. B. p. 9, 

 n. 160 (1892) ; Ecrr, Ibis, 1892, p. 146 (Lower Pilcomayo) ; Hol- 

 land, ibid. p. 208 ; AiAin, Ibis, 1894, p. 201 (Uruguay). 



Rhynchaspis maculatus, Gould MS., Jard. S( Selby, III. Orn. iii. 

 pL 147 (1835) ; ? Etjt. Mon. Anat. p. 134 (New HoUand !) (1838) ; 

 Gould, Voy. 'Bear/le; Birds, p. 135 (1841) ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, 

 p. 118 (ChiH) ; j'arrell, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 54 (egg, Chili) ; Bes 

 Murs in Gay, Hist, de Chile, i. p. 454 (syn. emend.) (1848) ; Hartl. 



