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 Sub-family — PLECTROPTERiXiE. 



Hind toe not lobed, rather long. Feet pahnated. Tail feathers rather 

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



Genus— NETTOPUS.— Bill not so long as double its depth. 



746. N. pillcliellllS, Gld., Green Goose-Teal. 



Upper surface glossy green ; under surface white ; sides with 

 crescent-like bands ; neck dark green in male, banded with white 

 and green in female. 



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

 tarsus, ] in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



747. N. albipeillliS, Gld. (N. coromandelianus, Gmelin), White-quilled 



Goose-Teal. 



Upper surface glossy green ; under surface white ; sides waved 

 with narrow grey lines ; neck 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, 0'9 in. ; wing, 7'5 in. ; tail, 34 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



Hab. : 2, 3. 



Sub-family — CERKOPsiNiE. 



Cere of the bill much developed. 



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



748. C. IlOVJe-hollaildiaft. Lath., Cape Barren Goose. 



Crown of head whitisli ; general plumage brownish-grey ; some 

 wing co\ erts and scapulars with a spot near tip ; cere lemon-yellow. 

 Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



Sub-family — CnENONETTiNiE. 

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



Genus — CHENONETTA. — Tertials long and narrow ; upper wing coverts 



grey. 



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



Male. -^Breast grey, each feather broadly tipped with greyish- 

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

 lower part of back, rump, upper and under tail coverts and abdomen 

 deep glossy black ; speculum glossy green across secondaries. 

 Culmen, I 15 in. 



Female. ^ — Side of face speckled white ; abdomen and under tail 

 coverts white. 



Total lengtli, 20 in. ; tarsus, 1"5 in. ; culmen, 1'15 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Sub-family — Anatin/e. 



Hind toe vei'y narrowly lobed. Bill rather flat and lobed. 



Genus — DENDROCYCNA. — Lower portion of tarsus in front without 

 transverse scutellaj, but covered with small reticulate scales. 



750. I>. arciiata« Cuvier (Dendrocygna vagans, Eyton), Whistling Duck. 



Throat almost white ; back and scapularies black, with the edges 

 bright rufous-chestnut ; breast pale rufous, each feather with black 

 dots in middle ; lower abdomen and under tail coverts whitish-buff, 

 the latter uniform, but the abdomen with blown spots ; the flank 

 feathers with broad buli'y-white streaks, edged with black ; lesser 

 and median wing coverts bright chestnut, greater ones and quills 

 black. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. 



