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Dimensions of a set taken by Mr. J. A. Boyd and now in the 
Australian Museum Collection are as follows : — length (A) 2 - 86x 
2-18 inches; (B) 2 - 89 x 2 - 0G inches; (C) 3'05 x 2-1G inches ; (D) 
2 - 8x 1-98 inch ; (E) 2'83 x 2-1 inches. 
Hal. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 
District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New SouUi 
Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus CHLAMYDOCHEN, Bonaparte. 
CHLAMYDOCHEN JUBATA, Latham. 
Maned Goose. 
Gould ., Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 580, p. 354. 
This handsome bird is dispersed over the greater portion of 
Australia, but more particularly over the eastern and southern 
parts, it is also found in Tasmania. It breeds in the hollow 
limbs of large trees, laying from seven to eleven creamy white 
eggs, the texture of shell being very line, and slightly glossy. 
Two average specimens in the Australian Museum Collection 
measure, length 2*25 x 1*55 inches ; (B) 2 - 27 x 1 '57 inches. 
An average specimen in the Dobroyde Collection taken by Mr. 
James Ramsay, at Cardington on the Bell River, on the 5th of 
September 1861, measures, long axis 2-47 inches, short axis l'G3 
inch. Specimens taken by Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, 
Queensland, give the following measurements :—length (A) 2-31 x 
P55 inches; (B) 2'3 x P57 inches. 
This bird commences to breed in August and continues till the 
end of January. 
llab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 
Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence 
Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 
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Australia, West and South-west Australia. (Ramsay.) 
