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AN-ATIDiE. 
Genus TADORNA, Leach. 
TADORNA RADJAH, Gcirnot. 
Radjah Shieldrake. 
Gould, JTandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 583, p. 360. 
This fine species ranges all over the northern portions of the 
continent of Australia, and has lately been received from Derby, 
on the north-western coast; it is likewise found on the south 
coast of New Guinea. “A set of the eggs of this bird taken from 
the hollow branch of a tree during 1875, are five in number, of a 
rich creamy-white, the texture of the shell being fine and the 
surface smooth. Length (A) 2-2x1-63 inches; (B) 2-2x1-58 
inches; (C) 2-2 x 1-59 inches ; (D) 2-13 x 1-61 inches; (E) 2-17 
x 1-58 inches.” (North,P.L.S.,X.S. TF.,Vol.ii., 2nd Series, p. 446.) 
Dr. Ramsay found this species breeding on the Burnett River, 
Queensland, during the months of November, December and 
January 1873-4. 
Hal. Derby, NAY. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 
District, South Coast Guinea. (Ramsay.) 
Genus CASAROA, Bonaparte. 
CASARCA TADORNOIDES, Jar dine,. 
Chestnut-coloured Shieldrake. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 584, p. 361. 
Dr. Ramsay remarks, Mr. Wliittell informs me that he found 
the nest of this species placed on the ground behind a mass of 
Polygonum bushes, it was made of grass and debris with a few 
sticks; the eggs were eight in number and covered over with the 
grass lining of the nest. The colour of the eggs is of a light cream, 
dull white, or whity-brown, rough to the touch, oval, in length 2-7 
inches by 1-92 inch in short diameter. I have never taken the 
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