ANATID.E. 241 



b. Purchased, N"ov. 16, 1865. Specimen described and figured, 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 74, pi. xi., as Chauna nigricollis. Cf< 



P.Z.S. 1866, p. 369. 

 <. Purchased, June 27, 1866. 

 rf, e. Purchased, Jan. 29, 1871. From Cartagena. 



Family ANATID^E. 



Subfamily PLECTROPTERIN.E. 



Genus ANSERANAS. 



647. Anseranas melanoleuca, Less. Black-and- White Goose. 

 Hab. Australia. 



a. Female. Purchased, June 19, 1855. 



6. Presented by Mrs. R. AY. Moore, March 3, 1865. 



c, d. Presented by Dr. Mueller, C.M.Z.S., May 5, 1865. 

 e, f. Presented by Dr. R. Schomburgk, June 13, 1870. 



Genus PLECTROPTERUS. 



648. Plectropterus gambensis (Linn.) . Spur- winged Goose. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



a. Purchased, June 25, 1857. 



6. Presented by Mrs. Compton Robert, April 30, 1867. 



c. Presented by C. B. Mosse, Esq., Staff Surgeon, May 6, 1867. 



d. Presented by Capt. R. M. Sperling, R.N., April 9, 1868. 



From the Shire River, East Africa. See P.Z.S. 1868, 

 p. 261. 



e. Received in exchange, Aug. 13, 1868. 



f. Purchased, Oct. 26, 1868. 

 gi. Deposited, Aug. 24, 1871. 



649. Plectropterus rueppelli, Sclater. RiippelFs Spur-winged 



Goose. 

 Hab. Eastern Africa. 



a, b. Males. Purchased, June 18, 1858. Types of the species 

 as described, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 131. Cf. further remarks, 

 P. Z. S. 1860, p. 38. 



Genus SARCIDIORNIS. 



650. Sarcidiornis melanota (Gm.). Black-backed Goose. 

 Hab. India. 



. Male; 6. Female. Purchased, Sept. 18, 187. 



c. Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S., Aug. 14, 



1868. 



