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the south coast, and have the knob on the bill rising higher on 

 the forehead. 



Head, neck, wings, centre of the back, tail and thighs glossy 

 greenish black, the remainder of the plumage white ; irides 

 blackish brown ; bill reddish brown ; feet yellow. 



Genus CHLAMYDOCHEN, Bonaparte. 



The Australian bird referred to this genus is the only one 

 of a form which is nearly allied to, but differs in several minor 

 particulars from, Bernicla. 



Sp. 580. CHLAMYDOCHEN JUBATA. 



Maned Goose. 



Anas jubata, Lath. lud. Orn., Supp. p. Ixix. 



Hawkeshury Duck, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 358, pi. in title- 

 page. 



Bernicla jubata, Steph. Cont. of Shaw's Gen. ZooL, vol. xii. p. 63. 



Chlamydochen jubata, Bonap. Compt. Rend, de I'Acad. Sci., torn. 

 xHii. seances des 15 et 22 Sept. 1856. 



Mar-rang-an-ner, Aborigines of the lowland districts of Western Au- 

 stralia. 



Wood Duck, Colonists of New South Wales and Swan River. 



Bernicla jubata, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. vii. pi. 3. 



During the period I had the privilege of observing the birds 

 of Australia in a state of nature, no one of the natatorial forms 

 interested me more than the present species. The result of 

 my observations enables me to state that it seldom, if ever, 

 visits Tasmania or any of the islands in Bass's Straits ; but 

 that on the continent of Australia it is met with at Swan 

 River in South Australia and on the east coast generally, and 

 that its probable range extends across the country between 

 the 25th and 30th degrees of south latitude. During the 

 early days of the colony of New South Wales, it was very 



