18 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVl. 



Order ANSERES. 



Family Anatid^:. 



Sub-family Anatince. 



(328) Dbndrocycna javanica. — The Whistling Teal. 

 Blanford, No. 1589; Jerdon, No. 952. 



The whistling teal is common on all weedy tanks and lakes through- 

 out Travancore. On one such piece of fresh water, near Sastamcotta, I 

 saw hundreds in April 1902 ; but in December 1903, in the same place, 

 not a single one was to be found. It is, perhaps, commoner in the North 

 than the South. 



(329) Nettopus coromandelianus. — The Cotton Teal. 

 Blanford, No. 1591 ; Jerdon, No. 951. 



This pretty little teal is, I think, only a winter visitor, and is never 

 abundant at any time. 



(330) Nettium crecca. — The Common Teal. 

 Blanford, No. 1597 ; Jerdon, No. 964. 

 A single specimen of this bird was shot in South Travancore. 



(331) Querquedula CIRCIA. — The Garganey or Blue-winged Teal . 



Blanford, No. 1601 ; Jerdon, No. 965. 

 Large flocks may be met with on the backwaters in North Travancore 

 in winter. 



(332) Podicipes albipennis. — The Indian Little Grebe or Dabchiek . 

 A permanent resident and not uncommon; breeds in August. 



Blanford, No. 1617. 



