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Zonerodius heliosyla (Lesson). 



Ardea heliosyla Lesson, Voy. Coqu. Zool. I. 1828, p. 722, pi. 44. 



Zonerodius heliosylus, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882^.368. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. 1898^.192. 



Coll. KOCH: 



Q, Etna Bay, not dated. Iris yellow, bill steel-blue (?), feet yellow. 



Anatidae. 



Anseranas semipalmata (Latham). 



Arias semipalmata Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, IV, 1798, p. 103. 

 Anseranas semipalmata, Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. M. XXVII, 1895, P> 44- 



Coll. KOCH: 



Young spécimen. Merauke. Not sexed or dated. 

 This species has not been recorded from New Guinea, so far as I know. 



Nettapus pulchellus Gould. 



Nettapus pulchellus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1841, p. 89. 



Nettopus pulchellus, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 384. — Id. Cat. B. Br. M. XXVII, 1895, p. 67. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 514, Q, Merauke, 14 November 1907. Iris brown, bill dark brown, feet black. 



Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel. 



Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Anseres, 1866, p. 85. 



Dendrocyctia guttata, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 388. — Id. Cat. B. Br. M. XXVII, 1895, 

 p. 164, pi. I. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 487, çj 1 , Merauke, 6 November 1907. Iris orange-brown, upper mandible black, lower one 



dark red, feet brownish rosy, toes and webs blackish. 

 N°. 515, Q, Merauke, 14 November 1907. Iris brown, bill dark brown, feet white, webs and 



toes black. 

 N°. 516, Ç>, Merauke, 14 November 1907. Iris brown, bill dark brown, feet white, webs and 



toes black. 

 N°. 523, çf, Merauke, 24 November 1907. Iris dark brown, bill dark brown, feet brownish, 



webs blackish. 



Thèse examples agrée perfectly with the type-specimen collected by Dr. E. A. FORSTEN 

 on N. Celebes. 



Tadorna radjah (Garnot). 



Anas radjah Garnot, Voy. Coqu. Zool. I, 2 e part. 1828, p. 602, pi. 49. 



Tadorna radjah, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 391. — Id Cat. B. Br. M. XXVII, 1895, p. 175. 



