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Elasmonetta chlorotis (Gray), Brown Duck. 



Anas chlorotis Gray, Voy. 'Erebus^ and 'Terror/ Birds, 

 1845, p. 15 : New Zealand. 



Synonym : — 



miasmoneita chlorofts BuUer, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 11. 



Range; — Both Islands (breeding). 



Genus SPATULA. 

 Spatula Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 564. 

 Type (by monotypy) : *S'. clypeata (Linne). 



Spatula rhynchotis variegata Gould. New Zealand Shoveller. 

 Spatula varieriata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 185G, 

 p. 95 : New Zealand. 



Synonym : — 



Spittula vnrtegafa Buller, Suppl. vol. ii, p. 15. [The tyije-loeality 

 o{ Anas rhynchotis Latham, Index Oruith. Suppl. 1801, p. Ixx, 

 is New South Wales.] 



Range : — Both Islands (breeding). 



Genus NYROCA. 

 Nyroca Fleming, Philos. Zool. vol. ii. 1822, p. 260. 

 Type (by tautonymy) : N, nyroca (Giildenstadt). 



Njrroca australis Eyton. Australian White-eyed Duck. 



Nyroca australis Eyton, Monogr. Anatidse, 1838, p. 160 : 

 New South Wales. 



Synonym : — 



Aythya australis Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 16. [The ty]5e-locality 

 of Anas nyroca Giildenstadt, Nov. Coram. Acad. Petrop. 

 vol. xiv. pt. i. 1769, p. 403, is South Russia.] 



Range : — New Zealand (accidental visitor, few occur- 

 rences) ; extralimital. 



Genus FULIGULA. 



Fuligula Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. vol. xii, pt. ii. 

 1824, p. 187. 



Type (by tautonymy) : F.fdigula (Linne). 



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