LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CLXXII. Genus DENDBOCYGNA. 
Dendrocygna Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 365, July 1st, 1837. Type (by monotypy) : Anas arcuata 
Horsfield = Anas javanica Horsfield. 
Dendronessa Wagler, Isis, 1832, heft 3, col. 281, March. Type (by subsequent designation of Sclater and 
Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1876, p. 372) : A. arcuata = A. javanica Horsfield. 
Not of Swainson, Fauna Bor. Americ. Zool., p. 497, Feb. 1832. 
181. DENDROCYGNA JAVANICA. WHISTLING DUCK. 
[Anas javanica Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. L, p. 200, 1821 : Java. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 14 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 1, pi. 206, Oct. 
6th, 1914. 
Dendrocygna arcuata (australis) Reichenbach, Nov. Synops. Av., No. IV., p. 4, 1850, based on Goulds plate: 
Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Dendrocygna gouldi Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 374, (Dec.) 1865 (ex Eyton MS.) : Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Dendrocygna javanica peroni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec„ Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 86, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Fitzroy River, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally, rarer in the south. 
CLXIV. Genus CTENANAS. 
Ctenanas Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 5,p. 90, Sept. 24th, 1914. New name for Leptotarsis Eyton 1838, 
Type (by monotypy): Leptotarsis eytoni Eyton. 
Leptotarsis Eyton, Monogr. Anatidse, pp. 29, 111, June 1838. Type (by monotypy) : L. eytoni Eyton. 
Not Leptotarsus Guerin, Voy. Coquille, Zool., Vol. II., p. 286, 1831. 
182. CTENANAS EYTONI. PLUMED WHISTLING DUCK. 
Gould. Vol. VII., pi. 15 (pt. xx.), Sept. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 1, pi. 207, Oct. 
6th, 1914. 
Leptotarsis eytoni Eyton, Monogr. Anat., p. Ill, June 1838, ex Gould MS. : North-west Australia. 
Dendrocygna versicolor Hartlaub, Erster Nachtr. Vogelsamml., p. 19, 1846. Nom. nudum. 
Dendrocygna eytoni munna Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 86, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Dawson River, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLXV. Genus BADJAH. 
Radjah Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. x., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation): Anas radjah 
Go uld = Tadorna radjah rufitergum Hartert. 
Gennceochen Heine mid Reiehenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 343, (pref. Sept.) 1890. New name for Radjah 
Reichenbach. 
183. RADJAH RADJAH. WHITE-HEADED SHELD-DRAKE. 
[Anas radjah Garnot, Voy. la Coquille, Zool., livr. 8, pi. 49, p. 303, Nov. 29th, 1828 : Beru. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 8 (pt. xiv.), March 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 1, pi. 208, Oct. 
6th, 1914. 
Tadorna radjah rufitergum Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XII., p. 205, June 1905 : South Alligator River, Northern 
Territory. 
Tadorna radjah flindersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 86, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Cooktown, Queensland. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia. 
CLXVI. Genus CAS ABC A. 
Gas area Bonaparte, Comp. Geog. List Birds Europe and N. Amer., p. 56, April 14th, 1838. Type (by monotypy) : 
Anas rutila Pallas = Anas ferruginea Vroeg. 
Nettalopex Heine und Reiehenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 343, (pref. Sept.) 1890. New name for Ccisarca 
Bonaparte. 
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