MATHEWS— Birds of North and North-West Australia. 201 



No., 416— $. Length, 19.4 inches (20/10/86). 



Irides, dark brown; bill, black; legs and feet, ochre. 



No. 417 — 9 . Length, 18.2 inches. 



Irides, dark brown; bill, olive; legs and feet, lightest lead. 



No. 532— $ . Length, 18.7 inches (9/11/86). 



No. 533— 5 . (9/11/86). 



89. Dendrocygna Javanica Gouldi. Whistling Duck. 



Dendrocygna Gouldi Gould. Handb. Birds Austra. Vol. II., 

 p. 374, 1865, Port Essington. 



No. 285— 5 . Length, 16.6 inches (19/7/86). 



Irides, brown; bill, black; lower mandible of a lighter 

 colour; the basal portion of the cutting edge of the upper man- , 

 dible, light slate colour; legs and feet, bluish slate. 



89. Leptotarsis Eytoni. Plumed Whistling Duck. 



Leptotaysis eytoiii. Eyton. Monogr. Anat, p. III., 1838, 

 North-west Australia. 



No. 142— $ . Length, 17.3 inches (17/6/86). , 



Irides, orange, shading into yellow round the pupil; eye- 

 lashes, yellow ; bill, upper mandible, pink splashed with black 

 in an irregular form, lower mandible, pink, spotted here and 

 there with black; nail, horn colour; feet, webs and legs pale 

 pink; nails, light brown. 



No. 144— $ . Length, 17.3 inches (17/6/86). 



No. 146— $ . Length, 17.3 inches (17/6/86). 



Young. Irides, dull yellow; eyelashes, greenish yellow; 

 bill, upper mandible, bluish flesh-colour, splashed with brown, 

 where in the adult it is black, and showing small spots of 

 black; lower mandible, bluish flesh-colour; nails, horn colour; 

 feet, webs and legs, dirty yellowish flesh colour. 



When approached they stretch out their necks, after the 

 manner of the goose tribe, and move it slowly backwards and 

 forwards, occasionally giving a whistle as they walk off. 



No. 147 — 5 . Length, 17.1 inches (same as No. 146). 



No. 262— $ . Length, 17.9 inches (2/9/86). 



No. 265— $.. Length, 18 inches (16/7/86). 



No. 267— 9 . Length, 18.5 inches (16/7/86). 



