NYEOOA. 345 



A set of eggs taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett on the 12th October 

 1885 at Ivanhoe, from the hollow limb of a tree, and which were 

 enveloped in a similar mass of down, measure as follows : — length 

 (A) 1-9 X 1-33 inch ; (B) 1-86 x 1-33 inch ; (C) 1-93 x 1-33 inch ; 

 (D) 1-88 X 1-36 inch; (E) 1-95 x 1-31 inch. 



This bird commences to breed about the end of September, and 

 continues the two following months. (From Mr. K. H. Bennett's 

 Collection.) 



Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Denison, Wide Bay District! 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 

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

 west Australia. (^Ramsay.) 



Genus NYKOCA, Fleming. 

 NYROOA AUSTRALIS, Gould. 

 White-eyed Duck. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 593, p. 377. 



This bird is widely distributed over the Australian continent, 

 and is also found in Tasmania, frequenting secluded bays, and 

 likewise the lakes of the interior. The nest is concealed 

 beneath a bush or tuft of long grass, in the vicinity of water, 

 or among the rushes close to the water's edge, it is composed 

 of aquatic herbage and dried grasses, lined inside with feathers 

 and down. Eggs, seven to nine in number for a sitting, creamy 

 white, varying in form from swollen to elongated ovals, the texture 

 of the shell being fine and the surface smooth and slightly glossy. 



Specimens taken in the Western District of Victoria, in October 

 1878, measure as follows :— length (A) 2*55 x 1-88 inches ; (B) 

 2-45 X 1 '9 inches. 



Hah. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District 

 Richmond and Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, 

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

 west Australia (jRamsay.) 



