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Genus NETTAPUS, Brandt. 
NETTAPUS PULCHELLUS, Gould. 
Pygmy Goose. 
Gould, Handbh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 581, p. 357. 
“ Gilbert found a nest of this species at Port Essington near 
the margin of a lake, it was built up in the long grass about a 
foot above the water, the bottom of the nest resting on its surface, 
it was composed of long dried grasses, slightly hollowed for the 
reception of the eggs, the nest in this instance was destitute of 
any kind of lining, but one afterwards brought him by the natives 
was interiorly constructed with feathers and contained six eggs, 
which are white, one inch and seven-eighths long by one inch 
and three-eighths broad.” (Gould, Handbh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., 
p. 357.) 
Hal. Derby, N. W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, South Coast 
New Guinea. (Ramsay.) 
NETTAPUS ALBIPENNIS, Gould. 
WMte-quilled Pygmy Goose. 
Gould, Handbh. Birds Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 5S2, p. 359. 
This species is found on the eastern portions of the Australian 
continent, and is rather abundant on the Richmond and Clarence 
Rivers; an egg taken from the oviduct of a bird of this species 
shot by Mr. J. Macgillivray at South Grafton, during October 
1864 is of a faint creamy-white colour, the texture of the shell being- 
very fine and smooth to the touch, but without any gloss. Long 
axis T79 inch, short axis 1-4 inch. 
Hab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales. 
(Ramsay.) 
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