GREEN GOOSE-TEAL. 
Broome Hill, and also at Lake Muir, by persons who shot them, and from 
the description they must have been this species.” 
Heartland has contributed the present note to North {Austr. Mus. Spec. 
Cat, no. 1, Vol. IV., p. 59, 1913) : “ At all the swamps or lagoons along the 
course of the Eitzroy River, North-western Australia, the pretty little Pygmy- 
Goose {Nettopus pulchellus) may be seen in flocks of about a dozen, either 
feeding on the grass like the ordinary domestic goose or swimming in the 
water. When disturbed they utter a peculiar cry. They usually lay their 
eggs in a hollow branch, sometimes far from water. I have known of thirteen 
eggs being found in a nest.” 
Although Heartland remarked upon their shyness it should be observed 
that Gregory (Gould, Handb. Birds Austr.) reported: “This elegantly 
symmetrical waterfowl was only found on the Sherlock River. It is 
remarkable for its tameness, and for its light and sportive movements on 
the water. It was seen in flights of eight or ten together.” 
Gilbert, who discovered the species, had previously noted (Gould, Birds 
Austr.) : “ It is an extremely shy species, and at the slightest movement of 
anything near it, dives and remains under water a long time.” 
The bird figured and described was collected at Parry’s Creek, North-west 
Australia, on the 4th of February, 1909, by Mr, J. P. Rogers. 
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