collected in Dutch Neio Guinea. 275 



Querquedula querquedula. 



Anas querquedula Linn. S. N. p. 126 (1758). 



Querquedida circia (Linn.) ; Salvad. Cat. xxvii. p. 293 

 (1895). 



Querquedula discors Ogilvie-Grant (nee Linn.), P. & P. 

 p. 293 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 103. 



a. ^ imm. Kapare River, 200 ft., 12th Nov. 1910. 

 [No. 477, C.H.B.GA 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark ash-colour slightly spotted 

 on the culraen and at the tip, lower mandible brownish ; 

 feet dark ash. 



By an unfortunate accident the name Q. discors appeared 

 as the scientific name of the Garganey in my Appendix to 

 ' Pygmies and Papuans/ and was afterwards reprinted in the 

 'Ibis' without correction. 



" The Grarganey was seen on one occasion only, when a 

 flock of eight passed down the Kapare River and one was 

 secured."— C.i?.^.G. 



Family IBIDID^. 

 Ibis molucca. 



Ibis molucca Cuvier; Sharpe, Cat. xxvi. p. 9 (1898). 

 a-c. (^ ? et c? imm. Wakatimi, Mimika River, 20th & 

 24th Nov. 1910 and 1st March, 1911. [Nos. 1527, 1542, 



G. C.S.; & 1059, c. n:. b. g.'] 



d,e. c? ? imm. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 16th 

 Oct. & 3rd Nov. 1912. [C.B.K.] 



Adult male and female. Iris dark brown, sclerotic portion 

 of the eye red ; bill black ; naked skin on the head and 

 neck black with slashes of pink on the back of the head and 

 neck ; bare skin on the sides of the breast dull crimson; feet 

 magenta, tarsus coral-red. 



Total length in the flesh c?, 775 mm. (=31^ inches), 

 $ 685 mm. ( = 27 inches). 



Immature male. Iris dark brown ; bill and bare skin on 

 the head black ; feet dark ash-colour, or pink above, 

 shading into lavender-grey on the toes. 



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