THE BIRDS OF INDIA. 



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Pink-Headed Duck. — This bird is chiefly found in 

 Bengal, frequenting sheltered tanks and jheels ; it breeds at 

 the close of the hot season, quacks much after the fashion 

 of the domestic duck, and displays a rosy tint under the 

 wings when flying ; its total length is 24 inches, of which 

 the short tail takes up 4]. Head and upper parts pale rose 

 pink ; develops a small rosy crest during the breeding 

 season. 



Red-Crested Pochard. — This duck has been already 

 described under the heading of British birds, which see. 



THE PIGEONS. 



Family — Carpopltagidce. 



Genus — 1. CarpopJiaga. C. cenca. Bronze Fruit 



Pigeon. 

 2. Ptibpus. P.jamboo. Jamboo Fruit 



Pigeon. 

 8. ErytJiroEuas. E. pulcJierrima. Red-crowned 



Pigeon. 

 4. Trcron. T. bicincta. Doublc-banded 



Pigeon. 

 T. viridis. Parrot Fruit 



Pigeon. 

 T. ph(£nicoptera. Purple-shoul- 

 dered Pigeon. 

 T. spJienura. Wedge-tailed 

 Pigeon. 



We utterly fail to see the necessity or even the advisa- 

 bility of separating the pigeons that live on fruit from 

 those whose principal diet consists of grain; but it has been 

 thought otherwise by some authorities, and there for the 

 present we leave the matter, in the iiope of some day 



