25 
- inch long; male with a large knob on the culmen, at the base 
of the bill. . 
Female smaller than the male, and with the knob at the.culmen 
of the bill smaller. 
Pleetropterus Gambensis......... Steph. Shaw Zool. 12. 7. 
Anas Gambenses .........0000.0... Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 195. 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 503. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 839. 
Shaw, Mus. Sev. pl. p. 231. 
An African species, inhabiting the Gamba. 
CEREOPSIS NOVA HOLLANDIA. 
Cer.—Cinerius tectricibus alarum atribus maculis ornatis. 
| NEW HOLLAND CEREOPSIS. 
_ Crp. blue-grey, spotted on the wing coverts with black. 
IN. IN 
TENGG in che yansaie ns 34. Middle toe ..cco.ss0ee ¢ 
PRE. asides te os vires 4 O/T Es aay ee ree Pry eee 3—23 
PLING LOC rare ten seaaea eas 13 
Cer.: blueish grey, with the tail, under and upper tail coverts, 
and a few spots on the scapulars black; bill black; cere covering 
the nostrils greenish yellow; webs scolloped, as in the Sandwich 
Island goose; nostrils large and round; legs crange; feet black. 
Cereopsis Nove Hollandie... Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. 67. 
AMESOE VIRUS) vo rodsarercaces ss Vieill. 2 edit. Dic. Hist. Nat. 
23—338. 
Coreopsis CONALECE ....eseceeeeoes Temm. Pl. col. 206. 
Now found in most of our large museums; has also been brought 
over alive. Appears to dread the water, and feed chiefly on grass. 
Inhabits New Holland. 
CHLOEPHAGA CANNAGICA. 
Chlo.—Grisea atro undulato. 
CHLO. slaty grey, undulated with black. 
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