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va metallic green reflections; wing-spot metallic green, bordered 
anteriorly with a band of white, then with one of black, posteriorly 
_ with one of white; flanks white, beautifully barred and irrorated 
_ with narrow lines of black ; bill and legs black. 
Fem.: rather smaller than the male; head and neck as in the 
male, but spotted anteriorly with small white specks; a whitish line 
passes from the bill below the eye, and another above it; breast and 
flanks white, each feather having a transverse bar of brown, narrowest 
in the centre, and expanding at the edges; abdomen and vent white; 
tail coverts cinereous; remainder as in the male, with the exception 
of the bill, which is horn colour. 
Bernicla SUbata <7. .sccsveseoes Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 68. 
EME IT UOTE wascankcc Xse0es secaes Lath. Ind. Orn. App. 69. 
Hawksbury Bernicle ........ Lath. Syn. Sup. 2. 358. 
Inhabits New South Wales, in the neighbourhood of the Hawksbury 
river; is said occasionally to perch in trees. 
NETTAPUS MADAGASCARIENSIS. 
Ber.—Dorso colloque macula viridi; subtus albus. 
MADAGASCAR BERNICLE. 
Ber. with the back and neck with a patch of green; below white. 
cb ae IN. IN. 
Length ... 142 Bul = s Middle toe... 7-12ths. 
Male: occiput, with a stripe down the back of the neck; scapulars 
and rump green, with purplish inflections; quills and primary coverts 
sooty black, the latter edged with white; upper part of the breast, 
tail coverts, and flanks reddish yellow; lower part of the breast, . 
belly, forehead, chin, cheeks, and front of the neck white; a light 
green ovate patch on each side of the neck, with a black edge irrorated 
with white; under tail coverts black; bill gamboge yellow; nail, legs, 
and feet black. 
 Fem.: as in the male, but without the green marking on the neck, 
instead of which it is grey; the forehead is also grey; in other 
respects similar. 
