10G 



TADORNA RADJAH. 



Tad. — Capite, collo, ventre, ptilisque albis : eollo inferiore lato eastaneo cingulo ornato, sparso atro. 



RADJAH SHELDRAKE. 



Head, neck, belly, and anterior part of the wing white ; the lower part of the neck surrounded 

 by a band of deep castaneous irrorated with black. 



Length 22± Bill If Tarsi 2 



Head, neck, belly, and anterior part of the wing white ; lower part of the neck surrounded by 

 a collar of deep castaneous, thickly and beautifully irrorated with black ; wing spot bright green, 

 anterior to which there is a white stripe, then a very narrow one of black, posteriorly a narrow 

 black stripe followed by one of white ; scapulars dark sienna brown irrorated with black ; tertiaries 

 with the outer webs sienna brown ; inner webs, epulis, tail, back, and under tail coverts, black ; 

 vent black irrorated with white ; bill and legs orange. 



Anas Radjah Diiperrey, Voy. de la CoquUle,pl. 49. 



Specimens are in most museums, received from Australia, but from what part we cannot say. 

 Although we have examined many specimens, no sexual difference has been observed. 



CASARKA RUTILA. 



Cos. — Ferruginea ; cauda reniigesque primariis atris ; speculo virkli. 



FERRUGINOUS SHELDRAKE. 



Ferruginous sheldrake ; with the tail and quills black ; the wing spot green. 



IN. IN. 



Length 24| Bill 1| Tarsi 



Ruddy ferruginous, with the head and anterior part of the wing lighter, sometimes nearly 

 white ; tail and lower part of the back black glossed with green ; quills black ; secondaries bright 

 glossy green, with the inner webs hoary ; bill and legs black ; sometimes a black ring round the 

 neck is visible. 



