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Show 510 MR. P. L. SCLATER O N T H E [June 15, water-fowl build in the long grass, but do not attempt to dome. " Two birds were hatched, but unfortunately killed by rats." 7. DENDROCYCNA MAJOR, Jerd. Larger Tree-Duck. Dendrocygna major, Jerd. 111. Ind. Orn. t. 22 ; Hartl. Vog. Mad. p. 359; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 300, et 1861, p. 148. Hab. India, East Africa, and Madagascar. It is quite doubtful whether this species in distinct from D. fulva. W e obtained two examples in 1867 (Sept. 18) from the Acclimatization Society of Paris, stated to have been received from Madagascar. 8. D E N D R O C Y C N A ARCUATA (CUV.). Indian Tree-Duck. Dendrocygna arcuata, Scl. P. Z, S. 1864, p. 300. Hab. India and Africa. A single example of this Tree-Duck was purchased at the Knowsley sale in 1851. In 1857 we again received examples from the Babu Rajendra Mullick, along with other rare Indian animals. 9. DENDROCYCNA VAGANS, Fraser. Wandering Tree-Duck. Dendrocygna arcuata, Gould, B. Austr. vii. t. 14. Dendrocygna vagans, Fraser, Zool. Typ. t. 68; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 300, et 1866, p. 149. Hab. Philippines, Moluccas, and North Australia. Not yet introduced, so far as I know. 10. DENDROCYCNA EYTONI (Gould). Eyton's Tree-Duck. Leptotarsis eytoni, Gould, B. Austr. vii. t. 15. Hab. North-west Australia. Our excellent friend Dr. G. Bennett, of Sydney, sent us a pair of this species in 1867, the only individuals we "have yet received (see P. Z. S. 1867, p. 686) ; but it was formerly in the Knowsley Menagerie (see Sale-list, p. 45). Genus SARCIDIORNIS. 11. SARCIDIORNIS M E L A N O N O T A (Forst.). Indian Wattle-Duck. Sarcidiornis melanonota, Scl. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 694, t. 67. Hab. India. I find no record of this species having been introduced until 1837, when a pair were acquired by purchase from the Jardin d'Acclima-tation of Paris. Notes on the distinctions between this and S. carunculata will be found in my paper above referred to. No Sarcidiornis has yet bred with us. 12. SARCIDIORNIS AFRICANA, Eyton. African Wattle-Duck. Sarcidiornis africana, Hartl. Vog. Madagasc. p. 355. Hab. Africa and Madagascar. An example of this form of Sarcidiornis was purchased at the |