320 . ANATID^. 



Malacorliynclius fasciatus, U'cii/l. Jsis, 1832, p. 1235. 

 Malacorhynclius niembrinaceus, £i/f. Mon. Anat. p. 136 (1838) (syn, 



emend.); «/. &'i/n. Anat. p. 92 (1869). 

 Malacorhynclius iodotis, Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 246 (cJ) 



(1847). 

 Anas iodotis, Less. (cf. Schleg. Mus. F.-£., Anseres, p. 36). 

 Anas malacorhyncha, Schleg. {nee Gm.) Mtis. P.-B., Anseres, p. 36 



(1866). 

 Malacorhvnchus malacorhvnchus, HarteH {nee Gm.), Kat. Voyel- 



saimnL-p. 232, n. 3426 (1891). 



Adult male. Crown greyish brown ; sides of the head and chin 

 greyish white ; a patch on the sides of the head, including the eyes, 

 and a line from either eye uniting at the occiput and passing down 

 the back of the neck, blackish brown ; an obloug mark of rose-pink 

 immediately behind the dark patch surroiinding the eye ; neck, 

 breast, and underparts greyish white, crossed by numerous brown 

 bars, narrow on the neck, broader on the breast and flanks, nearly 

 obsolete on the centre of the abdomen ; under tail-coverts whitish 

 buff ; back, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts greyish browu, 

 minutely dusted with lighter points ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 dark brown, the latter with a white band at the base ; secondaries 

 with a white band at the tip : primaries dark brown, the shorter 

 ones tipped with white ; under wing-coverts white, crossed with 

 narrow brown bars ; axillaries white ; tail brown, the feathers 

 slightly tipped with white : " irides dark reddish brown ; bill varies 

 from greenish grey to bluish olive ; tip of the lower mandible 

 white ; tarsi and toes emerald-green in some specimens, and yellow- 

 brown in others; webs dark brown" {Gould). Total length about 

 17 inches, wing 7'15, tail 2*5, culmeu 2-5 to 2-65, tarsus 1*25. 



Female. Similar to the male, but somewhat smaller ; according 

 to Eyton it wants the pink spot behind the eye, but I have found 

 it in all the females examined. 



Hab. Australia, except perhaps the most northern part ; Tasmania. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Australia. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



d. Ad. sk. Australia. Sir T. INIitchell [P.]. 



e,f, ff. (S 2 fid. sk. N.W. Australia. Capt. Bow)'erBower[P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. New S. Wales. Hume Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. New S. Wales. Lord Leigh [P.]. 



k, I. 6 ad. sk. et st. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



m. Ad. sk. S. Austraha. H. J. Elwes, Esq. [P.]. 



«, 0, ^. Ad. sk. S.Australia. Gould Coll. 



q, r. Ad. sk. S. Australia. Capt. Sturt [P.]. 



s. $ [head]. ' S. Australia. E. Bartlett, Esq. [P.]. 



t. Ad. St. Tasmania. R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



39. MARMARONETTA. 



Type. 

 Marmarouetta, RcJinb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. ix (1852) . . M. angustirostris, 

 Marmonetta {errors), Martens, J.f. 0. 1868, p. 67 ; 

 G. R. Gr. Sand-list, iii. p. 84 (1871). 



Range. From the basin of the Mediterranean to India. 



