THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Salvadori, in the Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XXVII., 
included it in a subfamily Chenonettince, a connecting subfamily between the 
Anserine and Anatinse. This subfamily approached the Anatinse in having 
a narrow lobe to the hind toe, and was differentiated from that by the “ short 
and goose-like bill.” In his Ghenonettinm he included the species of the genus 
Ghh'ephaga, which is confined to South America, but also added CyanocJien, 
a monotypic Abyssinian form. The acceptance of the former would be 
consistent with an antarctic distribution, but the presence of Cyanochen in 
the group would invalidate such a premise. I would suggest that anato- 
mical research may confirm the alliance of Chloe'phaga and Chenonetta, but 
if so it would also necessitate the removal of Cyanochen to another place. 
Shufeldt {Emu, Vol. XII., p. 209, et seq. 1913) does not touch upon this, 
but notes apparent relationship of Ghloeplmga and Chenonetta, and figures on 
pi. xxix. bones from a subfossil specimen found in a cave in New Zealand 
as those of Chenonetta juhata. While the specific identification of the New 
Zealand bones may be questioned, there can be little doubt as to the former 
existence in New Zealand of a form of this group, thus once more linking up 
South America, New Zealand and Australia. 
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