336 ANATID^. 



Dimensions of a set taken by Mr. J. A. Boyd and now in the 

 Australian Museum Collection are as follows : — length (A) 2'86x 

 2-18 inches ; (B) 2-89 x 2-06. inches; (C) 3-05 x 2-16 inches ; (D) 

 2-8 X 1-98 inch ; (E) 2-83 x 2-1 inches. 



Hob. Derby, N.W.Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 

 District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South 

 Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia. {Ramsay.) 



Genus CHLAMYDOCHEN, Bonaparte. 

 CHLAMYDOCHEN JIJBATA, Latliam. 

 Maned Goose. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 580, p. 354. 



This handsome bird is dispersed over the greater portion of 

 Australia, but more particularly over the eastern and southern 

 parts, it is also found in Tasmania. It breeds in the hollow 

 limbs of large trees, laying from seven to eleven creamy white 

 eggs, the texture of shell being very fine, and slightly glossy. 

 Two average specimens in the Australian Museum Collection 

 measure, length 2-25 x 1-55 inches ; (B) 2-27 x 1-57 inches. 



An average specimen in the Dobroyde Collection taken by Mr. 

 James Ramsay, at Cardington on the Bell River, on the 5th of 

 September 1861, measures, long axis 2'47 inches, short axis 1'63 

 inch. Specimens taken by Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, 

 Queensland, give the following measurements : — length (A) 2'31 x 

 1-55 inches; (B) 2-3 x 1'57 inches. 



This bird commences to breed in August and continues till the 

 end of January. 



Hab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 

 Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence 

 Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia, West and South-west Australia. (Ramsai/.) 



