I06 Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. [jsf"oct. 



cJ, upper and tip and cutting edge of lower mandible black, lower 

 pale olive-green ; $, tomium and culmen black, streak on side of 

 upper and basal f lower mandible greenish-grey. 

 Stomachs contained small fish and beetles. 



DuPETOR GOULDi ( Yellow-necked Mangrove-Bittern). 

 Math., Handl., No. 214. 



?. 20/1/09. 



Eyes brown ; feet and legs olive-brown ; bill, culmen black, 

 balance upper and tomium of lower mandible brown, balance of 

 lower pale brown. 



Stomach contained fragments of insects and one dragon-fly. 



Anseranas semipalmata (Pied Goose). 

 Math., Handl., No. 217. 



S. 1/2/09. Parry's Creek, N.W.A. 



Eyes brown ; feet and legs yellow ; bill, distal ^ and distal h of 

 cutting edge leaden-grey, balance reddish-brown, which turns to 

 dull purple near the eye. 



Stomach contained a large quantity of grass seed ; gullet was 

 also packed full. 



Nettopus pulchellus (Green Goose-Teal). 

 Math., Handl., No. 218. 



cJ. 14/3/09. Parry's Creek, N.W.A. 



?• 4/2/09- 



S. 4/2/09- 



Eyes brown. Feet — S S, black, and tarsi black ; ?, leaden-brown, 

 also tarsi. Bill — ^ S, black, with nail of upper mandible and band 

 across lower mandible fleshy-white ; ?, nail leaden-grey, upper 

 mandible brown, lower pale brown. 



Stomachs contained seed and grit. 



Dendrocygna arcuata (Whistling-Duck). 



Math., Handl., No. 222. 



S <S ^- One on 3rd February, 1909 ; two on i8th February, 1909. 

 Eyes dark brown, eyelash blackish-brown ; feet and tarsi leaden- 

 brown ; bill black. 



Stomachs contained native millet seed, grass seed, and grit. 



Dendrocygna eytoni (Plumed Whistling-Duck). 

 Math., Handl., No. 223. 



cJ c? ? ?. 3/2/09. Parry's Creek, N.W.A. 



Eyes yellow, eyelash yellow ; feet and legs flesh-colour. Bill — 

 upper mandible black, with flesh-coloured bar near tip, and mottled 

 same colour ; lower mandible flesh colour, spotted with black, tip 

 brown. 



Stomachs contained seeds and grit. 



