LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
184. CASARCA TADORNOIDES. MOUNTAIN DUCK. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 7 (pt. xiv.), March 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 1, pi. 209, Oct. 
6th, 1914. 
Anas tadornoides Jardine and Selby, Illus. Ornith., Vol. II., pi. lxii., Nov. 1828 : New South Wales. 
Anas kasarkoides Lafresnaye, Mag. de Zool., text to pi. 36, Ois., 1834 : New South Wales. 
Nettalopex tadornina Heine und Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 343, (pref. Sept.) 1890. New name for Anas 
tadornoides Jardine and Selby. 
Tadorna tadornoides westralis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 118, Dec. 24th, 1912 : Augusta, South- 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Southern Australia and Tasmania. 
CLXVII. Genus ANAS. 
Anas Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 122, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by subsequent designation, Lesson, Man. d’Om., 
Vol. II., p. 417, June 1828) : Anas boschas Linn6=Awas platyrhynchus Linne. 
Anassus Rafinesque, Analyse de la Nature, p. 72, 1815. New name for Anas Linne, cf. Auk, Vol. 26, p. 50, Jan. 
1909. 
Boschas Swainson, Fauna Bor. Amer. Birds, p. 442, “ 1831 ”=Feb. 1832. Type (by monotypy) : Anas domestica 
" Brisson ” —Anas platyrhynchos Linne. 
185. ANAS SUPERCILIOSA. BLACK DUCK. 
[Anas superciliosa Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 537, April 20th, 1789: New Zealand. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 9 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 210, Feb. 
17th, 1915. 
Anas novcehollandice Stokes, Discov. in Austr., Vol. I., App., p. 483, 1846. Nomen nudum. 
Anas superciliosa rogersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p, 33, April 2nd, 1912 : Augusta, South-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLXVIII. Genus VIRAGO. 
Virago Newton, Proe. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1871, p. 651, April 1st, 1872. Type (by original designation) : Anas 
punctata Go uld = M areca castanea Eyton. 
186. VIRAGO CASTANEA. GREEN-HEADED TEAL. 
Gould, Vol. VTL. pi. 11 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pis. 211 and 
212, Feb. 17th, 1915. 
Mareca castanea Eyton, Monogr. Anat., p. 119, June 1838 : New South Wales. 
Anas punctata Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xix. (Vol. VII., pi. 11), June 1st, 1845 : New South Wales. 
Not of Burchell, Travels, Vol. I., p. 283 (note), 1822. 
Virago castanea alexanderi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 56, April 7th, 1916: South-west Australia. 
Distribution. Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. 
187. VIRAGO GIBBERIFRONS. GREY TEAL. 
[ Anas ( Mareca ) gibberifrons Miiller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Volkenk., 1842, p. 159 : Celebes. Extra-limital.] 
Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 212, Feb. 17th, 1915. 
Nettion castaneum rogersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 86, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLXIX. Genus SPATULA. 
Spatula Boie, Isis, 1822, heft 5, col. 564, May. Type (by monotypy) : Anas clypeata Linne. 
Rhynchaspis Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XII., pt. 2, p. 114, 1824, ex Leach MS. Type (by subsequent 
designation, Eyton, Monogr. Anat idee, p. 40, 1838) : Anas clypeata Linne. 
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