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Genus NETTAPUS, Brands. 



NETTAPFS PULCHELLUS, GouU. 



Pygmy Goose. 



Gould, Handhk. Bds, Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 581, p. 357. 



" Gilbert found a nest of this species at Port Essington near 

 the margin of a lake, it was built up in the long grass about a 

 foot above the water, the bottom of the nest resting on its surface, 

 it was composed of long dried grasses, slightly hollowed for the 

 reception of the eggs, the -nest in this instance was destitute of 

 any kind of lining, but one afterwards brought him by the natives 

 was interiorly constructed with feathers and contained six eggs, 

 which are white, one inch and seven-eighths long by one inch ' 

 and three-eighths broad." {Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii,, 

 p. 357.) 



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

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, South Coast 

 New Guinea. {Ramsay.) 



NETTAPUS ALBIPENNIS, Gould. 



White-quilLed Pygmy Goose. 



Gould, Handhk. Birds Aust, Vol. ii., sp. 582, p. 359. 



This species is found on the eastern portions of the Australian 

 continent, and is rather abundant on the Richmond and Clarence 

 Rivers ; an egg taken from the oviduct of a bird of this species 

 shot by Mr. J. Macgillivray at South Grafton, during October 

 1864 is of a faint creamy-white colour, the texture of the shell being 

 very fine and smooth to the touch, but without any gloss. Long 

 axis 1"79 inch, short axis 14 inch. 



Hah. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales. 

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