NETTAPUS COROMANDELIANUS. 
Pyg*my Goose. 
Anas Goromandeliana, Gmel. Syst. Nat., vol. i. p. 522 ?— Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 875? 
Bernicla Goromandeliana, Steph. Cont. of Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xii. p. 56 ? 
Coromandel Teal, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. vi. p. 556 ; and Gen. Hist., vol. x. p. 374 ? 
Sarcelle de Coromandel, Buff. PI. Enl., 949, 950 : and Hist. Nat. des Ois., tom. ix. p. 274 ? 
Bernicla Girra, Hardw. and Gray, Ind. Zool. ? 
Anser Girra, Sykes in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part II. p. 167 ? 
Gheniscus Coromandelianus, Eyton, Mon. of the Anatidse, p. 89 ? 
Microcygna Goromandeliana, G. R. Gray, 2nd Ed. List of Gen. of Birds, p. 93 ? 
Girra Teal, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. x. p. 374 ? 
This species is so nearly allied to the Nettapus Coromandelianus of Java and India, from which, indeed, it 
only differs in being of a much larger size, that rather than it should be considered that I am unnecessarily 
adding to the list of species by characterizing it under another name, I have for the present treated it as 
identical with that bird ; but should future research lead to a different conclusion, I would propose that it 
should be named Nettapus albipennis, a term applicable to both, hut which, from the greater length of the 
primaries, and the consequent increased development of the white mark on those feathers of the Australian 
bird, will I hope not he deemed an inappropriate appellation. 
This elegant little Goose is tolerably abundant on the eastern portions of the Australian continent, 
inhabiting the estuaries and rivers between the ranges, and the coast from the Hunter to Moreton Bay, and 
in all probability far to the northward of these localities, though my knowledge of its range will not allow 
me to say such is the case, as it is one of the few birds of New South Wales which I had no opportunity of 
observing in a state of nature ; I am consequently unable to furnish any account of its habits and economy ; 
neither, I regret to say, can I supply the deficiency from the notes of any other observer. 
The sexes are easily distinguished from each other by the greater size of the male, and by the far more 
brilliant colouring of his markings. 
The figures are those of a male and a female of the natural size. 
