A^^SERIN^. 
f 4^  ^ ^o-nadensis  (Linn.)  PI.  enl.  346.,  Wils.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  67. 
13.  B.  leucopareia  Brandt,  Desc.  et  leones  Faun.  Ross.  1.  t.  — 
canadensis  Pall. 
14.  B.  Hutchinsii  (Richards.  & Swains.)  Faun.  Bor.  Amer.  70. 
15.  B.indica  (Gmel.)  Gould  Cent,  of  Birds,  pi.  80.  — Anser 
undulatus  Bonn. 
16.  B.  ? grandis  (Gmel.). 
Nettapus  Brandt."^ 
small,  more  elevated  at  the  base  than  broad,  the  culmen  gradually  sloping  to  the  tip,  which  is 
^^oied  -with  a large  nail ; the  lainellm  not  exposed,  but  short  and  widely  set  ; the  nostrils  somewhat 
'^asal 
placed  near  the  culmen,  with  the  opening  rounded.  Wings  moderate,  pointed,  and  the  first  two 
'luills  the  longest.  Tail  short  and  rounded.  Tarsi  shorter  than  the  middle  toe.  Toes  long  and 
'^^^ited  by  a full  web,  the  lateral  ones  unequal,  and  the  hind  toe  very  short  and  more  or  less  lobed  ; the 
short  and  curved. 
Xh 
® ®pecies  of  this  genus  are  found  in  the  continental  part  of  India,  in  Australia,  and  Africa,  where  they  inhabit  the 
» estuaries,  and  rivers.  “ It  is  remarkable,”  Mr.  Blyth  observes,  " that  the  Indian  species  seems  totally  incapable 
walking  upon  the  ground,  but  invariably  flutters  along  it  in  a strange  scuffling  manner,  like  a wounded 
« "^bey  always  descend  into  the  water,  never  alighting  on  the  ground  of  their  own  accord.”  Col.  Sykes  remarks: 
birds  when  wounded  dive,  and,  on  returning  to  the  surface,  show  only  the  bill  above  water,  keeping  the  body 
An  ^ pleasure.”  He  further  says  that  vegetable  matter  and  gravel  were  found  in  the  stomach.  The  nest  of  the 
'^3'ter  ^ ®pecies  is  described  by  Mr.  Gould  as  being  “ built  up  in  the  grass,  about  a foot  above  the  surface  of  the 
tece  t’  bottom  of  the  nest  resting  on  its  surface ; it  was  composed  of  long  dried  grasses,  slightly  hollowed  for  the 
i ion  of  the  eggs,”  which  are  six  in  number. 
1.  V 
b^rnicl ' (Gmel.)  Gould,  PI.  enl.  949,  950.  — 
^Ibipe  (rrag.  111.  Ind.  Zool.  pi.  68. ; N.  affinis  Berd. ; N. 
'Is  Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pi. 
2.  N.  pulchellus  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1841.  89.,  B.  of  Austr.  pi. 
3.  N.  auritus  (Bodd.)  PI.  enl.  770.  — Anas  madagascariensis 
Gmel. 
by  M.  Brandt  (^Desc.  et  Icon.  S^c.)  in  1836.  In  1838,  Mr.  Eyton  adopted  the  manuscript  name  of  Cheniscus  from 
the  Swainson’s  name  of  Anserella  (1837)  is  supposed  to  be  founded  on  a species  of  this  genus,  for  which  1 liad  in  1840  proposed 
® of  Microcygna. 
November,  1844. 
