340 ANATiDa:. 



DENDROCYGNA EYTONI, Gould. 

 Byton's Tree-Duck. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 592, p. 375. 



"An egg of this species taken from the oviduct by Mr. J. Rainbird 

 of Port Denison, measures 1-95 inch in length by 1-5 inch in 

 breadth ; it is of a light creamy-white, and slightly ovate, and 

 appears to be comparatively a very small egg for a bird of this 

 size to lay." {Ramsay, P.Z.S., 1877, p. 347.) 



Hab. Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port 

 Denison, Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, Victoria and South Australia, West and South-west 

 Australia. ( Ramsai/.^) 



Genus STICTONETTA, Reichenbach. 



STICTONETTA N^VOSA, Gould. 

 FrecMed Duck. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 587, p. 367. 



This remarkable species is found in the Interior and in the southern 

 and western portions of Australia, likewise in Tasmania. It is 

 tolerably abundant during certain seasons on the Gippsland Lakes 

 and on Lake Colac in Victoria, and is frequently exposed for sale 

 in the poulterers shops of Melbourne. A nest of this species 

 taken in October 1868 near the margin of a swamp in the 

 Western District of Victoria, contained seven eggs of a pale 

 creamy- white, with a greenish tinge inside ; and like most of the 

 eggs of the family (Anatidm), the shell is of a fine texture, and the 

 surface smooth and slightly glossy. Two average specimens 

 measure as follows : — length (A) 2-26 x 1-65 inches ; (B) 2-3 x 1-7 

 inches. A specimen in the Macleayan Museum measures 

 2'67 inches by 1'9 inch. 



Hah. Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South 

 Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, West and South- 

 west Australia, (Ramsay.) 



