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up and clown the river appreciated the Geese greatly, in one 

 morning alone seven being shot before daylight. Mr. Murray lias 

 now shot the flock right out, owing to their wandering habits, 

 and being tired of providing "Cape Barren Geese" for river 

 sportsmen. 



Sub- Family Chenonettinae. 



^WOOD-DUCK (MANED GOOSE) 

 (Chenonetta jubata, Lath.) 



Male. Head and neck reddish - bro wn ; lengthened plumes 

 down the back of neck brownish-black; back grey, tinged with 

 black ; lower back, rump, and upper tail coverts black ; tail glossy 

 black ; shoulders grey, broadly margined with black on the outer 

 webs, and narrowly on the inner with the same colour; lesser wing 

 coverts grey; a glossy green band across the secondaries, which 

 are tipped with white ; greater wing coverts also tipped with white ; 

 primary coverts and primaries brownish-black; breast grey, 

 mottled with black and white ; abdomen and under tail coverts 

 glossy black; sides and flanks greyish-white, very finely ver- 

 miculated with black; bill olive-brown; legs and feet blackish- 

 brown. Dimensions in mm.: Length, 504; bill, 30; wing, 274: 

 tail, 98; tarsus, 42. 



Female. Head, hind-neck, mane, and fore-neck pale reddish- 

 brown ; sides of the face, chin, and part of the throat finely 

 speckled with white ; back greyish-brown ; green band on wings 

 somewhat inconspicuous; breast brown, each feather barred and 

 tipped with white; sides and flanks light brown, the feathers 

 broadly barred and tipped with white; abdomen and under tail 

 coverts white ; bill more brown than in male ; legs and feet blackish- 

 brown. 



Young. According to Mr. A. J. Campbell, they are sooty- 

 brown above, with two stripes along the face ; under surface dull 

 white. 



Nest. Within a hole or hollow spout of a tree, either near or 

 standing in w r ater. 



Eggs. Clutch nine to twelve; oval in shape; texture fairly 

 fine; surface glossy; colour creamy- white. Dimensions in mm. of 

 portion of a clutch: (1) 55 x 39, (2) 55 x 38.5, (3) 54.5 x 39, (4) 

 54.25 x 38. 



Breeding Season. August to January. 



Geographical Distribution. Tasmania and the whole of Aus- 

 tralia. 



Observations. At a meeting of the Tasmanian Royal Society, 

 September, 1864, the late Mr. Morton Allport reported that he 

 had seen a Maned Goose on the Plenty Eiver; this was the first- 

 record for Tasmania. Again, in October, 1867, Mr. Allport stated 



