. The Emu. Birds -- Periodicals; Birds -- Australasia Periodicals. Hymcnohcinus, the Blue Duck {a) is ;l torrent Duck, and climbs rocks with ease. It keeps to the Auckkmd Islands. Merganetta, the Torrent Duck of the Andes {h), is a near relative of the Musk- Duck {d), which is confined to the southern portion of Australia. Salvadorina, in Waigiou {c), is the third member of the Mcrgan- ettince [a, b, c). This is a puzzle in early distribution, New Caledonia being at that time a prominent point in a land line. Merganser, another Duck of Auckland Islands, has its nearest relative in South Americ
. The Emu. Birds -- Periodicals; Birds -- Australasia Periodicals. Hymcnohcinus, the Blue Duck {a) is ;l torrent Duck, and climbs rocks with ease. It keeps to the Auckkmd Islands. Merganetta, the Torrent Duck of the Andes {h), is a near relative of the Musk- Duck {d), which is confined to the southern portion of Australia. Salvadorina, in Waigiou {c), is the third member of the Mcrgan- ettince [a, b, c). This is a puzzle in early distribution, New Caledonia being at that time a prominent point in a land line. Merganser, another Duck of Auckland Islands, has its nearest relative in South America. Nyroca, the White-eyed Duck of Tasmania and New Zealand, and Fidigula, the Black Teal of New Zealand, are similar in habit and most retiring ways. Anas SHperciliosa, the Black Duck of Tasmania and Grey Duck of New Zealand, is distributed very widely—the Chatham (Map C, h), Campbell [k), and Auckland Islands (/), New Zealand, Polynesia, Java, Australia, and Tasmania. Sphenceacus, the Fern-Bird of New Zealand, is much like the Tasmanian Megalurus (the Grass-Bird). Strangely so, it is dis- tributed in South Africa (Map E, a, f)—a case of very old and l)r()ken distribution. Megapodiiis, the Mound-builders, are not found in Tasmania or southern Australia. M. prilchardi is said to have recently been in the Kermadees (Map C, c'). According to Dr. Shufeldt {Emu, July, p. 22, 1919), it is nearest to M. cumingi, the most northerly Mound-builder (Philippine Islands). The Austrahan species is 71/. ditpcrreyi. Meriila, the Blackbird, is naturalh' in neither Tasmania, Aus-. Rlap E.—Dist antl 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 Australasian Ornithologists' Union; Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne : Australasian Ornithologists' Union
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