LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Spathulea Fleming, Hist. Brit. Anim., p. 123, March 1828. Type (by monotypy) : A. clypeata LinnA 
Clypeata Lesson, Manuel d’Orn., Vol. II., p. 416, June 1828. Type (by original designation) : A. clypeata Linne. 
188. SPATULA RHYNCHQTIS. SHOVELER. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 12 (pt. xx.), Sept. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 213, Feb. 17th, 
1915. 
Anas rhynehotis Latham Index Ornith. Suppl., pi. Ixx., after May 1801 : New South Wales. 
Spatula rhynehotis dydimus Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 56, April 7th, 1916 : South-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. 
CLXX. Genus MA LA CORE YNCH US. 
Malaeorhynehus Swainson, Journ. Boy. Inst. Gt. Brit., Vol. II., pt. iv., p. 18, August 1831. Type (by monotypy) : 
Anas membranacea Latham. 
189. MALACORHYNCHUS MEMBRANACEUS. PINK-EARED DUCK. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 13 (pt. xviii.), March 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 214, Feb. 
17th, 1915. 
Anas membranacea Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lxix., after May 1801 : New South Wales. 
Anas fasciata Shaw, Nat. Miscell., Vol. XVII., pi. 697, Nov. 1805 : New South Wales. 
Malaeorhynehus iodotis Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant, 11th year, No. 6, col. 128, July 21st, 1844 : New South 
Wales, c/. Menegaux, art. d’Omith., Lesson, p. 151, 1913. 
Anas malacorhyncha Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Vol. IV., Anseres, p. 36, May 1866 : New South Wales. 
Malaeorhynehus membranaceus assimilis Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 86, Sept. 18th, 1912: 
Fitzroy Biver, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLXXI. Genus STICTONETTA. 
Stictonetta Beichenbaeh, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. ix., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation) : Anas 
ncevosa Gould. 
190. STICTONETTA NiEVOSA. FRECKLED DUCK. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 10 (pt. v.), Dec. 1st. 1841. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 215, Feb. 17th, 
1915. 
Anas nsevosa Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 177, July 1841 : West Australia. 
Stictonetta ncevosa lesueuri Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 87, Sept. 18th, 1912 : New South Wales. 
Stictonetta branda Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 215, Feb. 17th, 1915 : New South Wales. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLXXII. Genus NY BOCA. \\ 
Nyroca Fleming, Philos. Zool., Vol. II., p. 260, (June) 1822. Type (by tautonymy) : Anas nyroca Linne. 
Aythya Boie, Isis, 1822, heft 5, col. 564, May. Type (by subsequent designation of Sclater and Salvin, Proc. 
Zool. Soc., 1876, p. 399) : A. ferina. 
Not Mthia Merrem, Vers. Grundr. Allg. Gesch., pp. 7, 13, 20, 1788. 
Ilyonetta Heine und Beiehenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 347, (pref. Sept.) 1890. New name for Nyroca Fleming. 
191. NYROCA AUSTRALIS. WHITE-EYED DUCK. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 16 (pt. xxvii.), June 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 216, 
Feb. 17th, 1915. 
Nyroca australis Eyton, Monogr. Anat., p. 160, June 1838 : New South Wales. 
Nyroca nyroca dampieri Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 87, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Fitzroy Biver, North- 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
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