1880.] 



SPECIES OF ANATID^. 



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Genus Nettopus. 



No example of any species of this beautiful genus has, so far as I 

 know, been yet brought alive to Europe. 



35. Nettopus auritus (Bodd.). Eared Pigmy Goose. 

 SarceUe male de Madagascar, Daub. Pi. Eiil. 770. 

 Nettapus auritus, Hartl. Vog. Madagasc. p. 357. 



Hab. Tropical Africa and Madagascar. 



36. Nettopus coromandelianus (Gm.). Indian Pigmy Goose. 

 Anas gh-ra, Gray, Ind. Zool. i. t. 68. 



Hab. India and Malacca. 



37. Nettopus albipennis, Gould. White-winged Piemv 

 Goose. ° -^ 



Nettapus coromandelianus, Gould, B. Austr. vii. t. 5. 

 Hab. Eastern Australia. 



38. Nettopus pulchellus, Gould. Beautiful Pigmy Goose. 

 JSfettapus pvlchellus, Gould, B. Austr. vii. t. 



Hab. Northern Australia. 



E. Subfam. IV. CTGNIxX^. 

 Genus Cygnus. 

 1. Cygnus OLOR (Gm.). Common Swan. 

 Cygnus olor, Gould, B. G. Brit. v. t. 8. 

 Hab. Palaearctic Region. 



This Swan is better known ina semidomestic than in a wild state, 

 and breeds abundantly in captivity. 



