ANATID^. 



Order X. ANSERES. 

 Family ANATID^E. 



Subfamily I. PLECTROPTERIN^E. 

 Genus ANSERANAS. 



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

 Hab. Australia. 



. Female. Purchased, June 19, 1855. 

 I. Presented by Mrs. E. W. Moore, March 3, 1865. 

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

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

 g-l. Eeceived in exchange, July 22, 1881. 



Genus PLECTROPTERUS. 



941. Pkctropterus gambensis (Linn.). Spur-winged Goose. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



a. Purchased, June 25, 1857. 



b. Presented by Mrs. Compton Eobert, April 30, 1867. 



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



1867. 



d. Presented by Capt. E. M. Spirling, E.N., April 9, 1868. 



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

 p. 261. 



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

 /. Purchased, Oct. 26, 1868. 



g-i. Deposited, Aug. 24, 1871. 



./. Deposited, Sept. 14, 1876. 



Tc. Presented by E. B. Dobree, Esq., Feb. 12, 1880. 



942. Pledropterus rueppelli, Sclater. RiippelPs 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. See also 

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



c. Presented by M. J. M. Comely, C.M.Z.S., Sept. 28, 1876. 

 See P. Z. S. 1876, p. 696. 



