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BERNICLA JUBATA. 



Ber. Mas. — Capite cristato, colloque brumieis ; corpore cinereo, atro alboque maculato ; abdomine atro. 

 Her. Fem. — Capite colloque brunneis albo sparsis ; corpore cinereo-bnmneo et albo maculato ; abdomine albo. 



HAWKSBURY BERNICLE. 



IN. IN. 



Length 23 Tarsi 2 



Bill 1 l-Gth Middle toe 2 l-Gth 



Male : ^vitli the head and upper part of the neck umber brown ; the feathers on the occiput 

 much elongated and darker ; upper part of the back, -wing coverts, and lower part of the neck, 

 cinerous, in the latter each feather having on its lateral edges a spot of black, and being tipped with 

 white : lower part of the back, tail, abdomen, and belly in the centre, black ; quills brown ; ter- 

 tiaries long, the largest cinereous, the smaller ones with the outer webs black with metallic green 

 reflections ; wing spot metallic green, bordered anteriorly with a band of white, then with one of 

 black posteriorly with one of white ; flanks white, beautifully barred and irrorated with narrow 

 lines of black ; bill and legs black. 



Fem. : rather smaller than the male ; head and neck as in the male, but spotted anteriorly 

 with small white specks ; a whitish line passes from the bill below the eye, and another above it ; 

 breast and flanks white, each feather having a transverse bar of brown, narrowest in the centre, 

 and expanding at the edges ; abdomen and vent white ; tail coverts cinereous ; remainder as in the 

 male, with the exception of the bill, which is horn colour, 



Bernicla Jubata Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 63. 



Anas Jubata Lath. Ind. On/. App. 69. 



Hawksbury Bemicle Lath. Syn. Sup. 2. 358. 



Inhabit* New South Wales, in the neighbourhood of the Hawksbury river; is said occasionally to 

 perch in trees. 



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Ber. Male, with the head crested, together with the neck brown ; body cinereous, spotted with ^ 



black and white ; abdomen black. 



Ber. Fem. with the head and neck brown blotched with white ; body cinereous, spotted with 

 brown and white ; abdomen white. 



