CAPE BAEREN GOOSE. 
p. 68, 1882 ; Helm, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, p. 334 ; Legge, Papers Proc. Roy. Soc. 
Tasm. 1886, p. 244, 1887 ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 22, 1888 ; Evans, 
Ibis 1891, p. 71 ; Hartert, Katal. Vogels Mus. Senckenb., p. 226, 1891 ; Forbes, 
Trans. New Zeal. Inst., Vol. XXIV., p. 188, 1892 ; Salvador!, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus., Vol. XXVII., p. 79, 1895 ; North, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Austr., Vol. XXII., 
p. 189, 1898 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 106, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs 
Austr. Birds, Vol. II., p. 1021, 1901 ; Hill, Emu, Vol. II., p. 166, 1903 ; 
HaU, Key Birds Austr., 2nd ed., p. 106, 1906 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., 
p. 34, 1908 ; Armstrong, Emu, Vol. VII., p. 182, 1908 ; MacLaine, ih., p. 192 ; 
Hall, ib., Vol. IX., p. 132, 1910 ; Littler, Handb. Birds Tasm., p. 215, 1910 ; Mathews, 
Nov. ZooL, Vol. XVIII., p. 236, 1912 ; Mellor and White, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 161, 
1913 ; Shufeldt, ih., p. 210-37, pi. xxix.-xxxiv. (Osteology), 1913 ; Mathews, List 
Birds Austr., p. 88, 1913 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., no. 1, Vol. IV., p. 60, 1913. 
Cereopsis cinereus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist, Nat., Vol. V., p. 516, 1816 (Victoria) ; id., 
Galerie d’Ois., Vol. II., p. 211, pi. 284, 1825 ; Cuvier, Regne Anim., 2nd ed., Vol. I., 
p. 569, 1829. 
Anser griseus VieiUot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist Nat., Vol. XXIII., p. 336, 1818 (Tasmania) ; 
id., Tabl. Ency. Meth. Omith., Vol. I., p. 351, pi. 236, fig. 7, 1820 ; Dumont, Diet. 
Sci. Nat. (Levrault), Vol. XXXV., p. 472, 1818 ; Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 
1830, p. 27. 
Anas terrce-leeuwin Bennett, ih., nom. nud. ; id.. Gardens and Men. Zool. Soc., p. 319, 
1831 ; Esperance Bay, South-west Australia. 
Cereopsis cinerea Brandt, Descr. Icon. Anim. Ross Nov. Aves, fasc. I., p. 6, 1836. 
Cereopsis australis Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 366, 1837 ; id., Anim. in Menag., 
p. 219, fig. 32, 1838 ; Selby, Cat. Gen. Subg. Aves, p. 46, 1840. 
Cereopsis noveehoUandioe georgi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 446, 1912 (West 
Australia). 
Distribution. Victoria ; Tasmania ; Islands of South Australia and South-west 
Australia. 
Adult male. General colour above and below ash-grey ; the head paler and inchning to 
white on the hinder crown ; the short scapulars have a broad dark subterminal 
bar, while the longer ones have a large ovate dark spot, some of the upp^r wing- 
coverts are marked in a similar way, the majority have dark shaft-lines ; bastard- 
wing and primary-coverts pale grey ; primary-quills grey at the base, the terminal 
half black with pale edges at the tips ; secondaries grey with black tips, which 
become narrower on the inner ones, the long innermost secondaries entirely grey ; 
lower back and short upper tail-coverts grey with dark central spots to the feathers, 
the long upper tail-coverts and tail uniform black with more or less grey at the 
extreme base ; the whole of the under-surface grey, becoming blackish only on the 
under tail-coverts. Iris pink ; feet black, legs dull pink. Total length 825 mm. ; 
culmen 45, wing 491, tail 160, tarsus 110. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male but apparently smaller. Total length 750 mm. ; 
culmen 44, wing 468, tail 160, tarsus 108. 
N estling. Top of head, back of neck, and upper-surface dark brown with two white stripes 
down sides of back ; white band on each side of top of head ; round eye, lores. 
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