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ANATIM3. 
DENDROCYGNA EYTONI, Gould. 
Eyton’s Tree-Duck. 
Gould, llandbk. Bds. Aust., Yol. ii., sp. 592, p. 375. 
“An egg of tliis species taken from the oviduct by Mr. .T. Rainbird 
of Port Denison, measures 1'95 inch in length by 1 '5 inchin 
breadth; it is of a light creamy-white, and slightly ovate, and 
appears to be comparatively a very small egg for a bird of this 
size to lay.” ( Ramsay, P.Z.S., 1877, p- 347.) 
LTab. Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port 
Denison, Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, Victoria and South Australia, West and South-west 
Australia. (Ramsay.') 
Genus STICTONETTA, Eeichcnbach. 
STICTONETTA NJEVOSA, Gould. 
Freckled Duck. 
Gould, llandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 587, p. 367. 
This remarkable species is found in the Interiorand in the southern 
and western portions of Australia, likewise in Tasmania. It is 
tolerably abundant during certain seasons on the Gippsland Lakes 
and on Lake Colac in Victoria, and is frequently exposed for sale 
in the poulterers shops of Melbourne. A nest of this species 
taken in October 1868 near the margin of a swamp in the 
Western District of Victoria, contained seven eggs of a pale 
creamy-white, with a greenish tinge inside ; and like most of the 
eggs of the family (Anatidw), the shell is of a line texture, and the 
surface smooth and slightly glossy. Two average specimens 
measure as follows length (A) 2-26 x D65 inches ; (B) 2-3 x P7 
inches. A specimen in the Macleayan Museum measures 
2-67 inches by 1-9 inch. 
Ilab. Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South 
Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, West and South¬ 
west Australia, (Ramsay.) 
