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

<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 Shoveller or Spoonbill Duck (<i>Rhynchaspis variegata</i>), and the Scaup or Black Teal (<i>Fuligula Novae-Zealandiae</i>)."