BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 35 
Order VIJJ.—A NS E RES.—Swimmers. 
Legs, short, and placed far back ; toes connected by a membrane. 
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ANATID. 
Bill, depressed, broad, laminated on the sides. 
Dernprocyena. Swains. 
Bitt, higher at the base than broad ; wings, short, rounded, second to 
fourth, longest ; first, with a deep notch in the middle ; secondaries, 
nearly as long as the quills; middle toe protruding beyond the mem. 
brane ; hind toe, very long, elevated, simple. 
India, Africa, South America, Australia, West Indies. 
95. DENDROCYGNA EYTONI. Gould. C.M. 
Whistling Duck. 
ABovE, dark brown ; sides of the head and neck, fawn color ; throat and 
breast, brownish white ; upper abdomen and flanks, ferruginous, barred 
with black ; lower abdomen, buffy white ; bill, black, banded with red ; 
legs and feet, flesh color. 
Tos W.. 1G: Boze. 2, 
River Thames, Auckland ; Otago ; Australia. 
Casarca. Bp. 
Brit, as long as the head, as wide as high at the base ; second quill the 
longest ; toes, long, full webbed, hind toe, elevated, lobed. 
Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Tasmania. 
96. CASARCA VARIEGATA. Gml. C.M. 
Paradise Duck. Putangitangi. 
HEAD, neck, and breast, black ; back, black, pencilled with white ; 
abdomen, ferruginous, pencilled with black ; wing coverts, white. In 
the female the head and neck are white, and the breast is like the 
abdomen. 
Meow abi Ba Die, 23, 
Egg.—White ; length, 2°75 ; breadth, 1°35. 
Both Islands. 
