LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Spathulea Fleming, Hist. Brit. Anim., p. 123, March 1828. Typo (by monotypy): A. clypeata Linn6. 
Clypeata Lesson, Manuel d’Om., Vol. IT., p. 416, Juno 1828. Typo (by original designation): A. clypeata Linntf. 
188. SPATULA RHYNCHOTIS. SHOVELER. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 12 (pt. xx.), Sept. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 213, Feb. 17th, 
1915. 
Anas rhynchotis Latham Index Omith. Suppl., pi. lxx., after May 1801 : New South Wales. 
Spatula rhynchotis dydimus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 66, April 7tli, 1916: South-weet 
Australia. 
Distribution. Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. 
CLXX. Genus MALACORHYNCHUS. 
Malacorhynchus Swainson, Journ. Roy. Inst. Gt. Brit., Vol. II., pt. iv., p. 18, August 1831. Type (by monotypy): 
Anas mcmbranacea Latham. 
189. MALACORHYNCHUS MEMBRANACEUS. PINK-EARED DUCK. 
Gould, Vol. VH., pi. 13 (pt. xviii.), March 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 214, Feb. 
17th, 1915. 
Anas membranacea Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. Ixix., after May 1801 : New South Wales. 
Anas fasciata Shaw, Nat. Miscell., Vol. XVTL, pi. 697, Nov. 1805 : New South Wales. 
Malacorhynchus iodotis Lesson, Echo du Mondo Savant, 11th year. No. 6, col. 128, July 21st, 1844 : New South 
Wales, c/. Menegaux, art. d’Omith., Lesson, p. 151, 1913. 
Anas malacorhyncha Schlegol, Mus. Paya-Bas, Vol. IV., Anseres, p. 36, Maj' 1866: New South Wales. 
Malacorhynchus mcmbranaccus assimilis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 86, Sept. 18th, 1912: 
Fitzroy River, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLXXI. Genus STICTONETTA. 
Stictonetta Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. ix., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation): Anas 
neevosa Gould. 
190. STICTONETTA NEEVOSA. FRECKLED DUCK. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 10 (pt. v.), Dec. 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 215, Feb. 17th, 
1915. 
Anas neevosa Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loud.), 1840, p. 177, July 1841 : West Australia. 
Stictonetta neevosa lesueuri Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., 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 NYROGA. 
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): .4. ferina. 
Not &ihia Merrem, Vers. Grandr. Allg. Gesch., pp. 7, 13, 20, 1788. 
Ilyonetta Heine und Reichenow, Nomoncl. 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. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 87, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Fitzroy River, North¬ 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
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