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Genus NETTOPUS. 



vriTTa—a, Duck ; from viu=\ swim, and iroi)s = a foot. 



Bill Goose-like, narrowing in front. LamellaB concealed. Tail short, rounded, 

 of twelve feathers. Hind toe with narrow lobe. Placed in British Museum 

 Catalogue under Plectrqpterince. 



313. Nettopus coromandelianus. The Cotton Teal or White-bodied 



Goose Teal. 



Girri, India; Gur-gurrah, Etawah; Bullia-hans, Dacca; Ada adia, Eainagiri; Chik- 

 sarle-haki, Mysore; Neer-akee, Cmmbatore; Karagat, Aracan; Kalaghat, Surma. 



$ 12J" to 14"; 8 to 11 oz. ? 12|" to 12f"; 6 J to 9 oz. Legs greenish. 

 Bill black. Face, neck, and below white. Black neck-collar. Above black, 

 glossed brown. — Female : Brown. Neck mottled, with numerous black bands. 

 No white patch on primaries. India, Ceylon, Andamans, Burma, China, Philip- 

 pines, and Celebes. Eggs 1-70 x 1-29. (J. 951. B. 1591.) 



313. N, coromandelianus. 



Also N. albipennis. ISJ". Similar to N. coromandelianus. E. Australia. 



N. pulchellus. 134". Legs and bill black. Forehead, sides of head, throat, breast, and 

 abdomen white. Crown brown, banded dark green and pale brown. Neck, back, scapulars, 

 and upper wing-coverts dark glossy green. Lower neck and sides banded white and dark green. 

 White band across wing. S. New Guinea, Australia, Moluccas, and Celebes. 



JV. auritus. llj". Legs black. Bill yellow. Sides and lower part of neck rufous. Large 

 sea-green patch on hind head. — Female: Without the green patch, and with sides of head 

 white, speckled black. Madagascar and Africa. 



Also the genus ^x. With head crested. Two species, viz. — 



jE. sponsa. 19". The Summer Duck. Legs chrome-yellow. Bill purplish tip, and nail 

 black, milk-white from nostril to nail, lower edge yellow. Head and crest dark green. Cheeks 

 purple. Chin, throat, and upper foreneck white. A broad black patch on sides of neck. 

 Mantle, back, rump, and upper tail-coverts bronze-green. Lower breast and abdomen white. 

 Axillaries white, spotted black. Nearotic region, from 50th parallel to the Gulf of Mexico. 



^. galericulata. 17". Legs orange. Bill reddish brown, nail bluish. Crest coppery red. 

 Chin and throat cinnamon. Sides of neck with long pointed feathers, chestnut, with white 

 shaft streaks. Axillaries brown-grey. C. and S. China, Formosa, and Japan. 



Genus MARMARONETTA. 



Bill as in Nettium. Head with a short but full occipital crest. Plumage dull 

 grey, without any coloured speculum. Tail of fourteen feathers, 

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