166 ANATID35. 



Genus POLIONETTA, Gates. 



Polionetta poecilorhjmclia {Foist.). 

 (Plate YII. fig. 3.) 



Auas pfficilorliyneha, Leyye, Birds Ceylon, p. 1073 (1880) ; Hume Sf 

 Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. p. 165 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 

 Sf Eyys Ind. B. iii. p. 289 (18'J0) ; Salvaduri, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 

 p. 209(1895); Blanf. Fauita Brit. Ind., Birds, iv. p. 436 (1898); 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 244 (1899). 



Polionetta pcecilorhyncba, Oates, Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 150 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 217 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spotted-billed, or Indian Grey, Duck are of a short 

 elliptical form, devoid of gloss or but very slightly glossy, and of a 

 white or greyish-white colour. They measure from 2-08 to 2-3 in 

 length, and from 1-65 to 1-8 in breadth. 



7. Eastern Narra, Sind (.S'. Doiy). Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Narra, 7th June («!>'. D.). Crowley Beq^uest. 



1. North-west Provinces. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 1st Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 29th Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Utchulda, 21st Aug. {W. E. Crowley Bequest. 



Brooks: Tristram. Coll.). 



3. Jhausi, 20th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 6. Saugor, Central Prov. Hume Coll. 



0. Manipur, 22ndMay (.4. 0. ^M???e). Hume Coll. 



Polionetta albignlaris {Jhunc). 

 (Plate YII. tig. 2.) 



Querquedula gibberifrons {nee Midi.), Hume ^- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. 



iii. p. 243 (18»0) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests >.y Eyys Ind. B. iii. p. 290 



(1890). 

 Nettion albigulare, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 257 (1895). 

 Nettium albigulare, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iv. p. 444 (1898). 

 Polionetta albigularis, Oates, Ga7ne Birds Ind. ii. p. 158 (1899) ; Hharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 217 (1899). 



The egg of the Andaman Duck in the Collection is of a regular 

 elliptical form, fairly glossy, and of a cream-colour. It measures 

 1-9 by 1-4. 



1. Port Mouat, Andaman Islands, lluuie Coll. 



15th Aug. (Capt. Wimberley). 



Genus EUNETTA, Bp. 



Eunetta falcata {Georgi). 



Querquedula falcata. Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 525 (1871). 



Anas falcata, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1135 (1893). 



Eunetta falcata, Salvadmi, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 218 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 218 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 244 



(1809). 



