=128* Cape Barren Goose=, _Cereopsis novae-hollandiae_, V., S.A., W.A., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. v.r. _grass_, _coast_ 33 Brownish-gray; dark spots on wing; bill black; naked skin round bill lemon-yellow; legs pinkish; toes, webs, streak up front of leg black; pugnacious; f., sim. Grass. 1 1 =129* Maned Goose=, Wood-Duck (e), _Chenonetta jubata_, A., T. Stat. c. _water_ 20 Crown deep-brown; tail, lower-back black; metallic green on wing; breast gray spotted black; hind-neck short black plumes; white patch on wing; bill olive-brown, high, goose-like; f., smaller; duller; breast spotted white. Grass, snails, insects. 2 9 =130 Whistling Duck= (Tree), _Dendrocygna arcuata_, Ind., Malay to Cel., Mol., N.G., A., Oceania. Stat. r. _water_ 17 Crown, upper brownish-black marked lighter; chin whitish; breast deep-buff, spotted black; abdomen chestnut; under base tail white; whistles when flying; f., sim. Water-plants, fish. [Page 64] [Illustration: [131] [132] [133] [134] [135]] =131* Plumed Whistling Duck= (Eyton Tree), _D. eytoni_, A., T., N.Z. Stat. r. _lagoons_ 16 Upper grayish-brown; rump, tail blackish-brown; lower-breast, flanks chestnut barred black; white, black plumes on flanks; under base tail white; whistles when flying; f., sim. Water-plants, fish. [Page 65] 2 5 =132 Australian Sheldrake=, Chestnut-colored Shieldrake, Mountain Duck, _Casarca tadornoides_, N.S.W., V., T., S.A., W.A., N.W.A. =vt. Eur. Sheldrake. [~132 _Tadorna tadornoides._] Stat. r. _lagoons_ 27 Head, neck shining-green; chest, upper-back pale rust-red; white band between green and rust-red; upper, under blackish; tail black; white, green, chestnut on wing; f., smaller, duller. Small fish, shellfish. 1 16 =133* Black Duck= (Australian Wild, Gray, Brown), Parera, _Anas superciliosa_, =vt. Eur. Mallard. Sunda Is. to N.G., A., T., N.Z. Stat. v.c. _water_ 24 Head dark-brown; line above eye, line below eye, throat light-buff; upper, under brown marked lighter; glossy-green patch on wing; bill bluish lead-color; f., sim. Grass, insects, pond-snails. 3 15 =134* Australian Teal= (Chestnut-breasted, Black, Mountain), Tete, _Nettium castaneum_, Java, Cel., A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Teal. [~134 _Nettion castaneum._] Stat. c. _lagoons_ 18.5 Head, neck dark bronze-green; upper rich brown; under chestnut; flanks spotted black; white, green patch on expanded wing; quills black; 1 lb. 9 oz.; f., head, neck brown and buffy-white; breast gray, spotted black; 1 lb. 8 oz. Grass. =135* Gray Teal=, Wood-Teal, _N. gibberifrons_, Sunda Is., Cel., N.G., A., T., N.Z. Stat. c. _lagoons_ 16