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CASARKA CASTANEA 
Cas.—Castanes ; capite colloque albo. 
CASTANEOUS SHELDRAKE. 
Castaneous sheldrake ; with the head and neck white. 
IN. IN 
1 UO ORE Oe 29 TE OIBIG. C, Saorbewles bese 24 
DIN esate ee ck ead vai’: 24 BEGAGTO 106 ~ scr ceginet 2 
Sheldrake, with the body below castaneous; the head, neck, and 
_ greater wing coverts white; the back, rump, and tail brown, the 
former speckled with white; tertiaries, with the external webs cas- 
taneous, the internal ones and some of the secondary coverts blueish 
grey; bill black; legs crimson. . 
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Casarka castanea nobis. 4 
; Purchased from Mr. Leadbeater, who received it from New 
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~ Holland. 
DENDROCYGNA MAJOR: 
Dend.—Collo posteriore atro. 
DeEND. with the back of the neck black. 
IN. IN. 
PENG! se icnasnans ade abe 12 WL CL OLOT BUS i BN bens’ A 
MRT Sie hc opus nu eche xanepls 2 Middle: £06 vacccceus ve Br 
Back black, the edges of the feathers edged with brunneous; 
below brunneous; under and upper tail coverts yellowish white ; tail 
dark-brown; a black stripe down the back of the neck, from which 
about the middle is a collar about an inch wide encircling the neck, 
and composed of small whitish feathers, edged with light brown; 
head and upper part of the neck brownish chestnut; vertex darker. 
Dendrocygna Major ........ ... Jerd. Ind. Illus. Orn. pl. 22. 
DOUG viens ancients fraser. 
DEOUMLO sve Jeno sae Gould. B. Aust. 
———+_—— Badia ........0.. Mull. 
—— GROWL ie scbcs ota: Newton. Ibis. 1868. p.175. 460. 
Hab. Madagascar. 
