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SUB-FAMILY PLECTROPTERIN^E. 



Hind toe not lobed, rather long. Feet palmated. Tail feathers rather 

 long, broad, rounded at top. Upper parts mostly glossy. 



GENUS NETTOPUS. Bill not so long as double its depth. 



746. Jf. pulchellllS, Gld. , Green Goose-Teal. 



Upper surface glossy green ; under surface white ; sides with 

 crescent-like bands ; neck dark green in male, banded with white 

 and green in female. 



Total length, 13 '5 in. ; culmen, 1 in. ; wing, 7 in. ; tail, 3 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



747. N. albipeimis, Gld. (N. coromandelianus, Gmelin), White -quilled 



Goose-Teal. 



Upper surface glossy green ; under surface white ; sides waved 

 with narrow grey lines ; neck white. Male with broad black band 

 across breast ; female with no broad black band across breast, but 

 the neck with narrow black bands all round. 



Total length, 13 in. ; culmen, 0'9 in. ; wing, 7*5 in. ; tail, 3'4in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



Hab. : 2, 3. 



SUB-FAMILY CEREOPSIN.E. 



Cere of the bill much developed. 



GENUS CEREOPSIS. Face wax-like ; sternum imperceptibly keeled. 



748. novae-liollandise, Lath., Cape Barren Goose. 



Crown of head whitish ; general plumage brownish-grey ; some 

 wing coverts and scapulars with a spot near tip ; cere lemon-yellow. 

 Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



SUB-FAMILY CHENONETTIN^E. 

 Hind toe very narrowly lobed. Bill rather short and goose-like. 



GENUS CHENONETTA. Tertials long and narrow ; upper wing coverts 



grey. 



749. C. jubata, Lath. (Branta jubata), Maned Goose (Wood Duck). 



Male. Breast grey, each feather broadly tipped with greyish- 

 white, and black spotting on each side, all appearing as mottled ; 

 lower part of back, rump, upper and under tail coverts and abdomen 

 deep glossy black ; speculum glossy green across secondaries. 

 Culmen, 1 15 in. 



Female. Side of face speckled white ; abdomen and under tail 

 coverts white. 



Total length, 20 in. ; tarsus, 1'5 in. ; culmen, T15 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



SUB-FAMILY ANATIKE. 

 Hind toe very narrowly lobed. Bill rather flat and lobed. 



GENUS DENDROCYCNA. Lower portion of tarsus in front without 

 transverse scutellse, but covered with small reticulate scales. ^ 



750. D. arciiata, Cuvier (Dendrocygna vagans, Eyton), Whistling Duck. 



Throat almost white ; back and scapularies black, with the edges 

 bright rufous-chestnut ; breast pale rufous, each feather with black 

 dots in middle ; lower abdomen and under tail coverts whitish- buff, 

 the latter uniform, but the abdomen with brown spots ; the flank 

 feathers with broad buffy-white streaks, edged with black ; lesser 

 and median wing coverts bright chestnut, greater ones and quills 

 black. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. 



