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=127 Pied Goose= (Magpie, Black and White, Semipalmated), Anseranas semipalmata, A., T.

Stat. v.r. water 32

Head, neck, wings, lower-back, tail, thighs black; rest white; feet half-webbed; f., sim. Grass.

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=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.

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=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.

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=130 Whistling Duck= (Tree), Dendrocygna arcuata, Ind., Malay to Cel., Mol., N.G., A., Oceania.

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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.

=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.

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=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.

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=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.

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=134* Australian Teal= (Chestnut-breasted, Black, Mountain), Tete, Nettium castaneum, Java, Cel., A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Teal. [~134 Nettion castaneum.]