. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 122 ANSEIiES NETTOPUS Four species spread over the Ethiopian, Oriental and Australian regions are generally recognised. Only one of these inhabits Africa 614. Nettopus auritus. Dwarf Goose. Anas aurita, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl p. 48 (1783). Anas madagascariensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 522 (1788). Nettapus madagascariensis, Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 251 [Natal]; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 348 (1867): id. Ibis, 1869, p. 377 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 354. Nettapus auritus, Kirh, Ibis, 1864, p. 336 ; Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 336 (1872); Gates, Matabeleland, p. 32
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 122 ANSEIiES NETTOPUS Four species spread over the Ethiopian, Oriental and Australian regions are generally recognised. Only one of these inhabits Africa 614. Nettopus auritus. Dwarf Goose. Anas aurita, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl p. 48 (1783). Anas madagascariensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 522 (1788). Nettapus madagascariensis, Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 251 [Natal]; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 348 (1867): id. Ibis, 1869, p. 377 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 354. Nettapus auritus, Kirh, Ibis, 1864, p. 336 ; Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 336 (1872); Gates, Matabeleland, p. 327, fig. on p. 243 (1881); Holub S Pelneln, Orn. Sild-Afr. p. 328 (1882); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 750 (1884); Ayres, Ibis, 1886, p. 297; NicoUs and Eglington, Sportsm. 8. A. p. 122 (1892) ; Bryden, Gun and Camera, p. 406 (1893); Fleclc, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 380; 8alvadori, Cat. B. M. xxvii. p. 65 (1895); 8helley, B. Afr. i, p. 170 (1896); Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 208 (1899) ; W. L. 8clater, Ibis, 1899, p. 114 [Inhambane] ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 269 ; Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i. p. 127 (1900) ; Helhnayr, Journ. Ornith. 1902, p. 237 [Sibanini]. Description. Adult Male.—Forehead, sides of the face, chin, throat and an almost complete ring round the middle of the neck white; crown and a narrow band down the back of the neck dark metallic-green, separating a pale green patch on either side of the. Fig. 36. —Head of Nettopus auritus, i . x ^^ neck ; this is again separated by a narrow line of black from the white of the face and throat; lower neck all round, sides of the body and flanks rufous-chestnut, slightly speckled with green on the lower hind neck; the lower breast and abdomen pure white, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William L
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