Order ANSERIF0RME8 
No. 273. 
Family ANATIDJE. 
BIZIURA LOBATA MENZIESI. 
EASTERN MUSK DUCK 
Biziura LOBATA MENZIESI Mathows, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., p. 90, 1914 ; New South 
Wales. 
Biziura lobata Gould, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pi. 18, 1844 (part) ; Stokes, Discov. in 
Austr., Vol. I., App., p. 483, 1846 ; Sturt, Narr. Exped. Cent. Austr., Vol. II., 
App., p. 57, 1849 ; Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng., p. 308, 1852 ; Pelzeln, 
Reise Novara Vogel., p. 139, 1865 ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 381, 
1865 (part) ; Ramsay, Ibis 1867, p. 413, pi. viii., fig. 1 (egg) ; MuUer, Proc. Zool. 
Soc. (Bond.) 1869, p. 280 ; Biggies, Birds Austr., Vol. II., pi. 117, 1877 ; Ramsay, 
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., pp. 196, 216, 219, 1877 ; Saunders, Ibis 1883, 
p. 351; Legge, Papers Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm. 1886, p. 245, 1887 ; id., ib., 1887, p. 97, 
1888 ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 22, 1888 (part) ; North, Austr. Mus. Cat., 
no. 12, p. 346, 1890 ; Heine and Reichenow, Mus. Hein. Om., p. 349, 1890 (part) ; 
Bennett, Ibis 1891, p. 145 ; Hartert, Katal. Vogels Mus. Senckenb., p. 233, 1891 ; 
Salvador!, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXVII., p. 452, 1895 (part) ; Hall, Key Birds 
Austr., p. 108, 1899 (part) ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. II., 
p. 1053, 1901 (part) ; Hill, Emu, Vol. II., p. 167, 1903 ; Littler, ib., Vol. III., 
p. 216, 1904 ; Legge, ib., Vol. IV., p. 108, 1905 ; D’Ornbrain, ib., p. 163, 1905 ; 
Hall, Key Birds Austr., 2nd ed., p. 108, 1906 (part) ; Batey, Emu, Vol. VII., p. 17, 
1907 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 37, 1908 (part) ; Fletcher, Emu, Vol. 
VIII., p. 213, 1909 ; Broadbent, ib., Vol. X., p. 245, 1910 ; Littler, Handb. Birds 
Tasm., p. 228, 1910 ; Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 240, 1912 (part) ; 
Stone, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 121, 1912 ; White, ib., Vol. XII., p. 161, 1913 ; !North, 
Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., no. 1, Vol. IV., p. 94, 1913 (part) ; Stone, Emu, Vol. XIII., 
p. 83, 1913 ; Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 94, 1913 (part) ; White, Emu, Vol. 
XIII., p. 124, 1914. 
Biziura lobata menziesi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., p. 90, 1914. 
Distribution. New South Wales ; Victoria ; Tasmania ; South Australia. 
Adult male. Differs from B. 1. lobata in being fighter and the bands on the back being 
white instead of buff ; the lobe under the bill is also smaller. 
Female. Similar to the female of B. 1. lobata. 
Nest. Placed in the reeds, and formed by bending them so as to form a nest fined with 
grass and down ; egg cavity measured three inches deep by six inches wide. 
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