128 . 
Biziura Nove Hollandie ...... Steph. Sh. Zool, 12. 222. 
Hydrobates lobatus ..c.scccsceeee Temm. Pl. Hn. N. 68. 
ARGS LOUGEE yicsun decane ssiantgny ss Shaw, Nat. Mis. 8. pl. 255. 
Tobated Duck. cc ccesav testes tonans Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 2. p. 349. 
Le canard caroncule ......c.000s Vieill, Ein. Method. Orn. 356. 
All that is known of the habits of this curious bird is contained 
in a short notice by Lieutenant Breton, R.N., inserted in the 
Zoological Proceedings for 1834, p. 19, from which we extract the 
following :—‘ He (Lieutenant Breton) stated that these birds are so 
extremely rare that he saw only three of them during his various 
excursions, which extended over twelve hundred miles of country. 
He has never heard of any instance in which more than two were 
seen together. They are only met with on the rivers and in pools 
left in the otherwise dry beds of streams. They are extremely difficult 
to shoot on account of the readiness with which they dive. The 
instant the trigger is drawn the bird is under water.” 
ERISMATURA MACCOA. 
Eris.—Brunnea, gutture lineaque infra oculos albis. ~ 
MACCOA DUCK. 
Brown duck, with the throat and a streak below the eye dirty 
white. ; 
IN IN. 
DiOng bhi: ssicctvesvesae sass 14 EGPSY Suns Sova caucegde tes 3 
Bul ovis Jakte he naed sate 13 Outer lO€ vi. scerese sean 24 
Back black, barred with ferruginous; flanks brown, barred with 
_the same; tail brown ; head dark brown, undulated with ferruginous ; 
chin and streak from the bill below the eye to the occiput whitish 
grey ; below silvery grey, undulated with brown ; bill lead-coloured ; 
legs with a tinge of greenish; speculum none. 
Oxyura Maccod........ oteneacs Smith, Cat. S. Afric. Mus. 
PIVTSOACUPG <a 0 cussed chesocd coausue Eyton, Mon. Anat. 
_ A specimen is in our collection, brought home from the Indian 
Isles. Except from the difference in locality, we should have sup- 
posed this bird to have been the young of Owyura rubida. Since 
writing the above we have seen a specimen brought home by Dr. 
Smith, and have adopted his name. 
