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and Indian Eegions, has white upper and under tail -coverts ; 

 ]). javanica, of the latter area only, has them chestnut above and 

 fulvous white below ; D. arcuata, ranging from the Malay Archi- 

 pelago to Fiji, has the breast chestnut barred with Ijlack ; D. 

 eytoni, of Australia, which has strayed to New Zealand, has it 

 yellowish -brown. These birds fly slowly and heavily, and perch 

 regularly on trees, where they sway awkwardly about upon the 

 branches ; the note is a clear whistle or a chattering sound ; the 

 food consists mainly of fish and water-plants, sought at all times 

 of day. In winter the flocks cause great damage to corn or rice 

 near the lagoons and other waters they frequent. The nest, 

 placed in hollow trees, stumps, long grass, or deserted habitations 

 of other l:>irds, contains from six to twelve white eggs. 



Sub-fam. G. Clienonettinae. — Cheiionetta juhata of Australia 

 has a brown head, long black feathers on the hind-neck, greyish 

 upper parts with black tail, rump, and edges to the scapulars, a 

 green speculum with white borders, a breast mottled with black, 

 grey, and whitish, and a black abdomen. The female is paler, with 

 dull speculum and white belly. It lays its creamy-white eggs in the 

 bush districts in hollow trees, perching even on the tallest of them, 

 and uttering a barking note. Cyanochen cyano])tei'a, of Abyssinia 

 and Shoa, is grey-brown in both sexes, with black wings relieved by 

 lead-blue coverts, and green speculum tipped with white. Cldo'e- 

 'phaga liyhrida, the Kelp Goose of Patagonia and the Falklands, 

 which lives and breeds on the beach, is white, having a black bill 

 with basal yellow spot, and yellow feet. The female is brownish- 

 black with white rump, tail, and anal region, and black lower parts 

 barred with white ; the neck shews narrow white bands on its 

 sides, the black and white wing has the greater coverts green, and 

 the bill is flesh-coloured. C. mdanoj^tei-a, of Western America 

 from Peru southwards, is distinguished by brown and white scapu- 

 lars, black primaries and tail, green and purple wing-coverts, red 

 bill and feet ; the female being similar. C. maqellanica, the Upland 

 Goose, coextensive in range with C hyhrida, is white, barred 

 with black above; the rump, four median rectrices, and wings 

 being grey-black, with green and white on the wing-coverts, and 

 white secondaries ; the bill and feet are dusky. The female is 

 rufous and black, with similar wings but yellow feet. C. inomata, 

 of Chili, Argentina, and Patagonia, differs in having black pectoral 

 bands and a grey head in the female. C. ]Joliocep]i(ili(, of the same 



