discovered and introduced into
therapeutics by a Brisbane physician.

<hw>Duck</hw>, <i>n</i>. the well-known English name of the
birds of the <i>Anatinae, Fuligulinae</i>, and other series,
of which there are about 125 species comprised in about 40 genera.
The Australian genera and species are---

Blue-billed Duck--
<i>Erismatura australis</i>, Gould.

Freckled D.--
<i>Stictonetta naevosa</i>, Gould.

Mountain D. (the Shel-drake, q.v.).

Musk D. (q.v.)--
<i>Biziura lobata</i>, Shaw.

Pink-eared D., or Widgeon (q.v.)--
<i>Malacorhynchus membranaceus</i>, Lath.

Plumed Whistling D.--
<i>Dendrocygna eytoni</i>, Gould.

Whistling D.--
<i>D. vagans</i>, Eyton. [Each species of the
<i>Dendrocygna</i> called also by sportsmen Tree-duck.]

White-eyed D., or Hard-head (q.v.)--
<i>Nyroca australis</i>, Gould.

Wild D.--
<i>Anas superciliosa</i>, Gmel.

Wood D. (the Maned Goose; see <i>Goose</i>).

The following is a table of the ducks as compiled by Gould nearly
fifty years ago.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vii:

Plate

<i>Anas superciliosa</i>, Gmel.
Australian Wild Duck . . . 9

<i>Anas naevosa</i>, Gould,
Freckled Duck . . . 10

<i>Anas punctata</i>, Cuv.
Chestnut-breasted Duck . . . 11

<i>Spatula Rhyncotis</i>,
Australian Shoveller . . . 12

<i>Malacorhynchus membranaceus</i>, . . . 13
Membranaceous Duck

<i>Dendrocygna arcuata</i>,
Whistling Duck (q.v.) . . . 14

<i>Leptolarsis Eytoni</i>, Gould,
Eyton's Duck . . . 15

<i>Nyroca Australis</i>, Gould,
White-eyed Duck . . . 16

<i>Erismatura Australis</i>,
Blue-billed Duck . . . 17

<i>Biziura lobata</i>,
Musk Duck . . . 18

The following is Professor Parker's statement of the New Zealand
<i>Ducks</i>.

1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'
p. 117:

"There are eleven species of Native Ducks belonging to nine
genera, all found elsewhere, except two--the little Flightless
Duck of the Auckland Islands (genus <i>Nesonetta</i>) and the
Blue Mountain Duck (<i>Hymenolaemus</i>). Among the most
interesting of the non-endemic forms, are the Paradise Duck or
Sheldrake (<i>Casarca variegata</i>), the Brown Duck (<i>Anas
chlorotis</i>), the Sh