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Vol. Xll. 



BOMBAY. 



No. 3, 



INDIAN DUCKS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



By E. 0. Stuart Bakee, F.Z.S. 



Part VII, with Plate VII. 



(^Continued from page 261.) 



Genus Dafila. 



The general appearance of the genus Dafila is more elongate than 



any other of our Indian Ducks, in both sexes the tail is pointed and 



that of the Kiale has the central rectrices considerably lengthened, when 



in good plumage. The bill is slightly wider at the end than at the 



base. 



Of the five species of Dafila, India has but one, the very widespread 

 species — D. acuta. The genus is almost cosmopolitan, Australia alone 

 being unrepresented by any form. 



(27) Dafila acuta. 

 The Pintail. 



Anas acuta, Legge, " Birds of Ceylon," p. 1096. 



Dafila acuta, Jerdon, " Birds of India," III, p. 803; Hume, 

 ^' Str. Feath.," I, p. 261 ; Adams, ihkl, II, p. 338 ; Hume, ilid^ III, p. 

 193; Butler, ibid, IV, p. 29 ; Hume and Davison, ibid, VI, p. 489 ; 

 Ball, ibid, VII, p. 232 ; Cripps, ibid, p. 312 ; Hume, ibid, p. 412 ; id., 

 ibid.Ylll, ^. lib; ibid, Q^i. No. 962; Scully, "Str. Feath.," VIII, 

 p. 362 ; Hume and Marshall, " Game Birds of India," III, p. 189 ; 

 Vidal, " Str. Feath.," IX, p. 92 ; Butler, ibid, p. 438 ; Reid, ibid, p. 82 ; 



