Part 32

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.

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Like female of 134, but smaller; neck white; 1 lb. 2 oz.; f., smaller; 1 lb. 1 oz.

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=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.

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=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.

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=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.

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=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.]

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Chestnut-brown; white patch on wing; upper abdomen whitish; under tail white; eye white; f., smaller, duller. Pond-snails, insects.

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=140 Blue-billed Duck= (Spiny-tailed, Stiff-tailed, Diving), Erismatura australis, N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., T. [~140 Oxyura australis.]

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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.

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=141 Musk Duck= (Must), Mould Goose (e), Biziura lobata, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., T.

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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.