THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Branta {Chlamidochen) juhata id., ib., p. 76 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., 
p. 200, 1878 ; id., Tab. List Austr. Birds, p, 22, 1888. 
Anser {Brenthus) jubatus Reicbenow, Om. Centralbi. 1882, p. 37 ; id., Vogei. Zool. Gart., 
p. 65, 1882, 
Chloephaga jubata Rogeron, BuU. Soc. Acclim. 1889, pp. 478-485, pp. 569-576 (with 
two figs.). 
Chlamydochen jubatus Heine and Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Heine Om., p. 342, 1890. 
Branta jubata Hartert, Katal. Vogels. Mus. Senckenb., p. 227, 1891. 
Chenonetta jubata Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXVII., p. 140, 1895 ; Hall, Key 
Birds Austr., p. 106, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs, Austr. Birds, Vol. II., p. 1023, 
1901 ; Hill, Emu, Vol. II., p. 167, 1903 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., 2nd ed., p. 106, 
1906 ; Sharpe, Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Brit. Mus., Vol. II., p. 152, 1906 ; Berney, 
Emu, Vol. VI., p. 156, 1907 ; Batey, ib., Vol. VII., p. 14, 1907 ; Hill, ib., p. 23 ; 
Austin, ib., p. 78 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 35, 1908 ; Mattingley, Viet. 
Nat,, Vol. XXV., p. 65, 1908 ; Hall, Emu, Vol. IX., p. 79, 1909 ; Littler, Handb. 
Birds Tasm., p. 217, 1910 ; Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p, 236, 1912 ; North, 
Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., no. 1, Vol. IV., p. 62, 1913 ; Hill, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 242, 
1913 ; Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 88, 1913. 
Distribution. Australia ; Tasmania. 
Adult male. Upper-back, scapulars, and wing-coverts pale grey, the outer webs of some of 
the scapulars velvety black as well as the edges of some of the inner ones ; some of 
these dark feathers have a beautiful green metalhc lustre ; lower back, rump, upper 
tail-coverts, and tail deep glossy black ; lesser upper wing-coverts pale grey becoming 
darker on the greater coverts, which are broadly tipped with white ; primary- 
coverts and quills dark brown, the latter white on the basal portion of the inner 
webs ; secondary-quills white with grey on the inner webs and metalhc emerald- 
green on the outer webs ; the white tips of the secondaries as well as those of the 
greater coverts form a double wing-bar, enclosing the metalhc green speculum ; 
head and neck all round dark chestnut, becoming darker and inchning to blackish 
on the nuchal crest or mane ; a small white hne immediately below the eye ; mantle 
dark grey with a dark spot on each margin of the feathers becoming paler on the 
sides of the neck ; fore-neck and breast white, each feather crossed by two, and 
sometimes three, dark brown bars which gives a coarsely speckled appearance ; 
sides of the body pale grey with fine wavy cross-bars ; middle of the abdomen and 
under tail-coverts deep black ; axillaries and under wing-coverts pure white ; 
outer edge of wing chiefly grey. Bill dark glossy green, lower mandible shaded 
with red at the tip ; iris very dark brown ; feet dark greenish-grey. Total length 
473 mm. ; culmen 30, wing 273, tail 93, tarsus 51. 
Adult female. Differs from the adult male by the paler chestnut, the minutely speckled 
streaks above and below the eye and on the chin and upper throat ; the speckling 
on the breast more brown and not so vivid, the almost entire absence of the grey 
and wavy black bars on the sides of the body and the abdomen and under tail-coverts 
being white instead of black. Bill dark glossy green, lower mandible greyish flesh- 
colour, blackish-grey at tip ; iris very dark brown ; feet French grey. Wing 
278 mm. ; culmen 28, tail 93, tarsus 50. 
Immature male. Distinguished from the adult male chiefly by having the white speckling 
on the lores, superciliary line, sides of face and chin, and the mixture of white and 
black on the upper abdomen. 
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