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(310) Chaulelasmus streperus — The Gadwall. 

 Blanford, No. 1595 ; Hume, No. 961. 

 Exceedingly common every year. The earliest notice I have of their arrival 

 is on the 19th August. They leave by the middle of March. I once wounded 

 a gadwall and a red-crested pochard and found the gadwall kept under water 

 much longer than the pochard, and always made for the shallow water near 

 the bank, where it lay on the surface with its head and neck under water as if 

 it was dead ; but no sooner did any one attempt to get at it, or even when a gun 

 was fired, it dived and swam a considerable distance under water. I spent over 

 an hour retrieving it. Native name Mail. 



(311) Nettium crecca.— The Common Teal. 

 Blanford, No. 1597 ; Hume, No. 964. 

 Very common. I have not found it as common as the garganey, but Scroope 

 found it commoner than that species in the south and west of the sub-division. 

 They arrive about the end of September and leave in April. I have seen them 

 packed together on the Kamla like Q. circia. On one or two occasions I have 

 found them tame and confiding even after being shot at. Native names Lohti 

 and Murghuhi. 



(312) Mareca penelope. — The Wigeon. 

 Blanford, No. 1599 ; Hume, No. 963. 

 This species is rather scarce. The earliest date I have of its arrival is the 

 31st October. They leave, I think, by the end of March. I have found them 

 do well in a tealery. Native names Chowma and Basillia Cltoiclcee. 

 (313) Dafila acuta— The Pintail. 

 Blanford, No. 1600 ; Hume, No. 962. 

 Very common. The earliest record I have of their arrival here is the 30th 

 September. They leave about the middle'of March; a few remain till the end of 

 the month. This species and the gadwall are the commonest ducks found here. 

 This is the best duck we have for the table. A male I had in my tealery only 

 started to change into undress garb on the 21st August. Native name Dighans. 

 (314) Queequedula circia. — The Garganey or Blue-winged Teal. 

 Blanford, No. 1601 ; Hume, No. 965. 

 Abundant. The earliest date I have of their arrival is the 25th of August, when 

 I saw about. half a dozen flying overhead near Jainagar. They leave here usually 

 about May, but I have seen some in June. Native names Gam and Adni. 



(A pair were seen on the Maiser chaur on the 6th August this year and 

 was secured.) 



(315) Spatula clypeata. — The Shoveller. 

 Blanford, No. 1602 ; Hume, No. 957. 

 Fairly common. They arrive early in November and leave about the end 

 of March. Native name Sulcclmr. 



(316) Marmaronetta angustirostris.— The Marbled Duck. 

 Blandford, No. 1603; Hume, 961 his. 

 I have no authentic record of this species having been found in the district, 

 but my man fired two shots at a teal on the 10th February, 1901, which he said 



