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31. Marbled Duck — Marmaronetta anz/ustirostris. 



None were seen till April 10th, when they appeared about Hanna 

 and Sannaiyat, several flocks up to twenty in number. They soon 

 split up and bred nesting on the grass and scrub on the river 

 bank. I got no eggs but one pair nested in " No man's land " at 

 Sannaiyat, one pair on the river bank at Falahiyeh and one at 

 Hanna, the two latter nests 1 found, one had 5 hard set eggs, the 

 other 6 on the 15th and 18th of May. The nest was made in a 

 tamarisk bush in one case and in a large tussock of grass in the 

 other. 



The birds were about till September 20th, when they disappeared. 

 A fair number of young seen and caught in June. Twelve were 

 seen at Harbe, April 10th, 11th, 12th, 1917. One pair regularly 

 seen in May and June 1917, 5 miles above Samarra. 



32. Red-crested Pochard — Netta rufina, 



A few seen and shot. 



33. Pochard or Dun-bird — Nyrocaferina. 



Common. 



34. White-eyed Pochard — Nyroca fernif/inea. 



Common, 



35. Tufted Duck — Nyroca fuligula, 



A few seen and shot. 



36. Golden-eye or Garrot — Clanyula ylaucion. 



Single bird drake, shot at Hanna, 20th March. Two ducks shot 

 out of a flock of 10 or 12 birds flighting at dawn on the Tigris at 

 Hanna, 5th September. A pair of birds seen and shot on the 

 River at Hanna, 25th September, 



37. Stifl'-tail Duck — Erumatura leucocephala . 



Single bird came down the river in an exhausted state and was 

 shot from the Falahiyeh Sandy Ridge Bridge, February 6th, 1917. 

 The bird was a drake in nearly full plumage. 



38. Smew— ilfer^MS albellus. 



A pair seen and shot on the Tigris at Falahiyeh, 5th September. 



