Like female of 134, but smaller; neck white; 1 lb. 2 oz.; f., smaller; 1 lb. 1 oz. [Page 66] [Illustration: [136] [137] [138] [139] [140] [141]] 2 4 =136* Australian Shoveller=, Bluewing, Spoonbill-Duck, Stinker, Kuruwhengi, _Spatula rhynchotis_, A., T., N.Z., =vt. Eur. Shoveller. Nom. v.r. _freshwater_ 21.5 Crown brownish-black; white line before eye, side of neck; head, neck gray tinged green; under chestnut-brown mottled black; flanks chestnut banded black; back-feathers blackish edged grayish; blue, white, green on wing; throat black; quills dark-brown; under-wing white; f., duller; head, neck buff marked brown; under mottled brown, buff. Water-plants, shellfish, insects. [Page 67] 1 1 =137* Pink-eared Duck= (Pink-eyed, Zebra), Widgeon (e), _Malacorhynchus membranaceus_, A., T. Nom. v.r. _fresh water_ 17 Under barred brown, white; face, chin white; black round eye; behind eye a spot of rose-pink; back, wings brown; upper base tail whitish; tail dark-brown slightly tipped white; f., smaller. Water-animals. 1 1 =138 Freckled Duck= (Monkey), _Stictonetta naevosa_, V., S.A., W.A., T., N.S.W. v.r. _water_ 17 Dark-brown freckled whitish, under lighter. Small fish, pond-snails. 1 8 =139* White-eyed Duck= (Purple-headed, White-winged), Hardhead, Brownhead, Barwing, Karakahia, _Aythya australis_, N.G., A., T., N.Z., =vt. Canvas-back of N. Am. [~139 _Nyroca australis._] c. _lagoons_, _bays_ 20 Chestnut-brown; white patch on wing; upper abdomen whitish; under tail white; eye white; f., smaller, duller. Pond-snails, insects. 1 7 =140 Blue-billed Duck= (Spiny-tailed, Stiff-tailed, Diving), _Erismatura australis_, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., T. [~140 _Oxyura australis._] v.r. _reedbeds_ 16 Head, neck black; chest, back, flanks chestnut; tail blackish; bill light-blue; f., bill olive-green; freckled gray-brown; under lighter. Insects, pond-snails, fish. 1 1 =141 Musk Duck= (Must), Mould Goose (e), _Biziura lobata_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., T. Stat. c. _lagoons_, _bays_ 26 Blackish freckled buffy-white; wings small; long stiff tail-feathers; bill, lobe beneath chin greenish-black; dives; f., half-size; duller; no lobe. Frogs, shellfish, shrimps. ==== There are six families of birds included in Order XIV.--the Totally-webbed Swimmers. All four toes are joined by a web. Ducks have three toes only joined by the web, the hind toe being free. Representatives of the six families are found in Australia. These birds are fishers _par excellence_. In the first family come the well-known Cormorants or Shags, birds found in almost every country in the world. Forty-two species are known, of which five occur in Australia.