TEE BIRDS OF THE MADHUBANI SUB-DIVISION. 75 



(300) Sarcidiornis melanonotus. — The Nukta. 



A couple more specimens of this duck have been got, both females. One 

 was secured on the Maiser chaur on the 8th January 1903, and the other on 

 the Benoa chaur on the 12th March 1904. 



(301) Khodonessa caryophyllacea. — The Pink-headed Duck. 



Another pink-headed Duck was brought on the 25th June of this year. It 

 was snared on the Benoa chaur, where the first specimen came from. This 

 one seems very healthy and is at present in my water aviary in the com- 

 pany of a pair of Mandarins (Mx galericulata), a wild Duck (^4. boscas), two 

 Spot-Bills {A. pcecilorhyncha) , a Shoveller (£. clyjieafa), a blue-winged Teal 

 (Q. circia), a pair of Nicobar Pigeons (C. nicobarica), and an Australian Crested 

 Dove (0. lophotes). They all seem to get along together well enough. 



(307) Anas boscas. — The Mallard. 



I have received another specimen from this district. It is a male, and was 

 brought to me by a native fowler. At present I have got it alive. 

 (308) A. pcecilorhyncha.— The Spotted-billed Duck. 



I believe this species breeds near Muktapur Factory in this district. This 

 cold season, 1903-04, has been one of the worst for migratory wild fowl. 

 Nothing decent has been seen or brought me, with the exception of the above- 

 mentioned Mallard. Two of these ducks were brought here at the same time 

 and from the same place as the above-mentioned pink-headed duck. One of 

 them is at present alive in my tealery, and the other died. A third one was 

 brought on the loth July from the same place ; this one is also alive. There 

 were, I believe, about half a dozen of these birds in the chaur, but with bird 

 lime the mir shikar only managed to snare one. 



