ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. IIg 
SPOTTED OR MULLER’S TREE DUCK. 
(Dendrocycna guttulata. Dendrocycna guttata). 
This Tree Duck, which averages about 17 inches in 
length, was first introduced alive to English amateurs by Mr. 
Jamrach in 1888, from the Celebes; it is an inhabitant of the 
Moluccas and New Guinea, and completes the list given by 
Messrs. Sclater and Salvin of the known varieties of Tree Duck, 
all of which have now been imported alive. I transcribe from 
Count Salvadori’s “Catalogue of Birds” the following 
description :— 
** Male.—Upper part of the head dark brown; a black line along 
the hind-neck ; back and wings dusky-brown ; the feathers of the back, 
scapulars, and wing-coverts edged with pale brown; lores brown ; super- 
ciliary stripe, sides of the head, and upper part of the neck greyish, with 
dusky cross-lines, giving a mottled appearance; chin and throat uniform 
whitish ; lower part of the neck dusky, with while spots; rump brown ; 
upper tail-coverts black, the basal one broadly barred with white ; upper 
breast rufous-brown, each feather with a white spot at the tip; lower breast 
and abdomen whitish, with faint dusky lines across; feathers of the flanks 
with large white round spots, the longer feathers are almost barred with 
black ; under tail-coverts whitish, with black bars ; quills brown ; tail almost 
black ; bill black ; tarsi and feet ashy, more or less tinged with reddish ; 
‘irides brown or chestnut’ (D’Albertis). 
‘* Female.—Similar, but rather smaller.” 
It is worthy of remark that in the illustration to Count 
Salvadori’s ‘“‘ Catalogue of Birds,” D. gu¢tulata is represented 
with the bill red instead of black, and that the feet and legs of 
the bird are of the same reddish colour. 
LARGER TREE DUCK OR WHISTLING DUCK, 
(Dendrocycna javanica). 
This Duck, like the preceding, is as yet rather uncommon, 
It is found throughout most parts of India, Ceylon, and Java, 
