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Sub-family — Plectropterin\e. 



Hind toe not lobed, rather long. Peel palmated. Tail feathers rather 

 long, broad, rounded at top. Upper parts mostly glossy. 



( ., m>_ XKTTOPUS.— Bill not so long aa double its depth. 



74ti. \. pulchellllS, Gld., Green Goose-Teal 



Upper surface glossy green ; under surface white ; sides with 

 crescentdike bands : neck dark green in mule, banded with white 

 and green in female. 



Total length, 13*5 in. : culmen, 1 in.: wing, 7 in. ; tail. 3 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



Bab. : 1, 2, 8. 



747. X. nlhipciniis. <^ld. (X. coromandelianns, Gmelin), White-quilled 



( rooee-TeaL 



Upper surface glossy green ; under surface white ; sides waved 

 with narrow grej LineB : Deck white. Male with broad black band 

 across breast ; female with no broad black band across breast, but 

 the neck with narrow black bands all round. 



Total length, 13 in. ; culmen, 01) in. ; wing, 7"> in. ; tail. 3'4 in. : 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



Hab. : 2, 3. 



Sub-family — Cereopsin\e. 



Cere of the bill much developed. 



GENUS CEREOPSIS. — Face wax-like ; sternum imperceptibly keeled. 



748. V. HOY;r-]loll;m<li;r. Lath., Cape Barren <-oose. 



( rown of bead whitish; general plumage brownish-grey; some 

 wing coverts and scapulars with a spot near tip ; cere lemon-yellow. 

 Hab. : 4, 5, 0, 9. 



Sub-family — Ohenonettinje. 



Hind toe very narrowly lobed. Bill rather short and goose-like. 



( . EKU8 — CH ENONETTA. — Tertials long and narrow : upper wing coverts 



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749. C 1 . jllbata. Lath. (Branta jubata), Maned Goose (Wood Duck). 



Male. Breast grey, each feather broadly tipped with grej 

 white, and black spotting on each side, all appearing as mottled; 

 low er pari of back, ramp, upper and under tail i oi ei I b and abdomen 

 deep glossy ljlack ; speculum glossy green across secondaries. 

 Culmen, l L5 in. 



[female.- Side of face speckled white; abdomen and under tail 

 coverts white. 



Total Length, 20 in. ; tarsus, i •."> in. ; culmen, 1*15 in. 

 Hah. : 2, ::. 4. ii. 7. 8, !». 



Sub-family — Anatinjs. 



Hind toe \«i\ narrowly Lobed. Bill rather flat and lobed. 

 DENDROCYCNA. Lower portion oi tarsus in front without 



transverse BCUtellSB, but covered with small reti< ali 



l&. nrciiatii. Cuvier (Dendrocygna vagans, Eyton), Whistling Duck. 



Throat almost white ; ba< k and Bcapularies black, with the i 



bright rufous-chestnut; breast pale rufou • ither with black 



In middle; Lower abdomen and under tail coverts w hitish-buff, 



the latter uniform, but the abdomen with brown Bpots ; the flank 



with broad buffy-white streaks, edged with black; 

 and median wing covert bright chestni ones and quills 



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Bab. : i. 2, :;. I. 6, 7, 8 



