Head, neck shining-green; chest, upper-back pale rust-red; white band between green and rust-red; upper, under blackish; tail black; white, green, chestnut on wing; f., smaller, duller. Small fish, shellfish.
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133[*] Black Duck (Australian Wild, Gray, Brown), Parera, Anas superciliosa, =vt. Eur. Mallard. Sunda Is. to N.G., A., T., N.Z.
Stat. v.c. water 24
Head dark-brown; line above eye, line below eye, throat light-buff; upper, under brown marked lighter; glossy-green patch on wing; bill bluish lead-color; f., sim. Grass, insects, pond-snails.
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134[*] Australian Teal (Chestnut-breasted, Black, Mountain), Tete, Nettium castaneum, Java, Cel., A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Teal.
[~134 Nettion castaneum.]
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.