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COMMON PLOVER. 



A species of plover without a spur is also seen. 

 Pluvianus goensis, {Arracan.) 



SWIMMING BIRDS. 



The Natatores, or swimming birds, consist in these Pro- 

 vinces of wild ducks, teal, pelicans, snake-birds, cormor- 

 ants, sea-swallows, gulls, and scissors-bills. 



WILD DUCKS. 



At least one species of wild duck is common on this 

 Coast, and two are known in Arracan. One afternoon, 

 having made a sudden egress, with my Karen guide, from 

 a tunnel under Dongyan mountain, we raised an immense 

 number. Hundreds and hundreds of ducks, teal, and 

 other water-fowl burst from the rocks and fens, and 

 wheeled over our heads, forming thick clouds forty or fifty 

 feet above us, and all uttering one continued clang of 

 wild sea music. 



Dcndrocygna major, [Arracan.) 



Plectropterus melanotus, " 



TEAL. 



A species of teal is seen in great numbers on the plains, 

 where there are lakes and ponds of water, 



Dcndrocygna arcuaia, [Arracan.) 



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BLACK-BANDED TEAL. 



The Karens describe a small teal with a black band 

 around its neck, which I have not seen, nor do I find it 

 described. 



GOOSE. 



The goose has been introduced into the Provinces 

 from other parts of India. All the domestic geese in 

 India, Mr. Blyth says, are the mixed progeny of 

 Anser cinereus, and 



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