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It has also been shot in Upper Sind, I beUeve, but I can get no definite 



details as to time and place. 



R. E. GIBSON. I.CS. 



Hyderabad, Sind, 29</t December 1908. 



[The skin sent is that of a Cotton-Teal {Nettapus coromandelianus).—'Ev)S.'] 



No. XIX.— THE COTTON-TEAL (NETTAPUS COROMANDELIANUS) 

 IN THE KONKAN, WESTERN INDIA. 



As the occurrence may be of interest to record I thought you might like to 



know that I shot three Cotton-Teal {Nettapus coromandeliaims) on a tank near 



Karjat which is in the Konkan just below the ghauts on the 10th inst. and did 



not see any others. 



I send you a skin for identification, 



B. BACON, Capt. 



Khandalla, 2\st Deceviher 1908. 



[The skin sent proves to be that of a Cotton-Teal (Nettapus coromandelianva). — Eds.] 



No. XX.— OCCURRENCE OF THE PINK-HEADED DUCK 



(RHODONESSA CARYOPHYLLACEA) IN BURMA. 



On the '25th December last, I shot a female Pink-headed Duck at Koolay 



near Singu in Upper Burma. Oates mentions 4 of these duck as being shot 



near Mandalay, but apparently they are rare in this country. I forward the 



skin for the Society's collection. 



E. R. JARDINE, 



Postmaster-General, Burma. 

 Rangoon, 2Qth January 1909. 



No. XXL— THE STIFF-TAILED DUCK {ERISMATURA LEUCO- 

 CEPHALA) NEAR NOWSHERA. 



On 15th November I went down by boat from here to Attock. About a 

 mile above Akora the Kabul River is very swift and the water much broken. 

 Here I saw two ducks swimming very low on the water and which I at first took 

 to be golden-eyes. We floated closer to them and they dived. One rose behind 

 the boat out of shot, but the other went down stream. They kept under water 

 a very. long time (2 or 3 minutes, I should say). I fired at the one that had 

 gone down stream and missed. It showed no desire to fly, but after being fired 

 at, only showed its head' and neck above water. I killed it and the other then 

 came down stream, which I also shot. On collecting them I found out what they 

 were and I skinned them next day. They were both immature Stiff-tailed 

 Ducks— one male and one female (?). The male had a larger bill and longer 

 neck. It measured IGAins. in length, the female only loiins. I could not be 

 sure of the sex, however, as they were both young birds and the female had no 

 noticeable ovaries. They swam very low on the water, as I remarked, and I 

 did not notice that they carried their tails erect. One bird when fired at rose 

 and flew a couple of yards and took a regular "header" into the water. Bills — 

 dark plumbeous, nearly black. Legs — Slate, with black markings. Iris — Sepia. 



W. P. C. TENISON, Lt., R. A. 



Nowsiiera, IQth November 1908. 



