Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

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