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893. Tadorna cana (Gm.) . 

 Hab. South Africa. 



White-fronted Sheldrake. 



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

 for notice o various hybrids bred between this bird and 

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

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



