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Genus TADORNA*. 



687. Tadorna vulpanser, Flem. Common Sheldrake. 

 Hob. Europe. 



a. Male ; b. Female. Hybrids between this species and Casarca 

 cana (Gm.). Bred in the Gardens, June 26, 1859. 



c. Male ; d. Female. Purchased, June 24, 1860. 



e. Male ; /. Female. Purchased, May 13, 1867. 



g-i. Presented by Lord Francis Conyngham, F.Z.S., Sept. 28, 

 1867. 



j-l Purchased, April 27, 1868. 



m. Male ; n. Female. Received in exchange, April 14, 1869. 



688. Tadorna rutila (Pall.). Ruddy Sheldrake. 

 Hab. Europe. 



a. Male ; b. Female. Bred in the Gardens, May 13, 1859. 

 See P. Z. S. 1864, p. 190. 



c. Male; d. Female. Bred in the Gardens, June 2, 1861. 



See P. Z. S. 1864, p. 190. 



e. Male. Received in exchange, Nov. 13, 1862. 

 /. Bred in the Gardens, 1863. See P. Z. S. 1864, p. 190. 

 g-m. Bred in the Gardens, May 18, 1867. 

 n-x. Bred in the Gardens, May 20, 1868. 

 y-ff. Bred in the Gardens, May 19, 1869. 

 gg-mm. Bred in the Gardens, May 19, 1870. 

 nn, oo. Bred in the Gardens, May 17, 1871. 



689. Tadorna cana (Gm.) . White-fronted Sheldrake. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



a. Female. Purchased at the Knowsley sale, 1851. See, for 

 notice of various hybrids bred between this bird and 

 other species, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 442, Aves, pi. CLvm. ; 

 also P. Z. S. 1864, p. 190. 



690. Tadorna tadorndides, Jard. & Selb. Australian Shel- 



drake. 



Hab. South Australia. 



a-c. Females. Presented by the Hon. J. C. Hawker, Speaker 

 of the House of Assembly, Adelaide, April 3, 1862. See 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 191, pi. xvm. 



d, e. Males. Presented by the Acclimatization Society of Vic- 



toria, Sept. 22, 1863. 



* On the Tadornce in the Society's Gardens, see P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 189, and 1866, p. 148. 



