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understand this Teal remains in certain parts of the country 

 to breed. I flushed two or three pairs at Syed Yarroo and 

 Gungazai from the reeds in the watercourses in the beginning 

 of May, and again in the Bolan as far down as Kirta on the 

 9th May. 



191. QUERQUEDULA CIRCIA (LiuU.). 



Kandahar, l^, 28,3,81. 

 The only specimen obtained. 



192. FULIGULA RUFINA (Pall.). 

 Kandahar, 1^^, 28,3,81. 



I know of five that were shot at Kandahar during March. 

 Not noted in any other month. 



193. FULIGULA FERINA (LiuU.). 



Kandahar, l^ , 9,3,81 ; Do., 1 ? , 11,3,81. 



Not common. A few were shot during this month only. 



194. FuLIGULA NYROCA, Gould. 



Kandahar, l^, 14,2,81; Do., l^, 17,2,81; Do., \^, 

 19,2,81 ; Mach, 1 ? , 16,5,81. 



Next to the Gadwall, the commonest Duck in the country. 

 Arrived beginning of February ; and some appear to remain 

 to breed in the country. I flushed many pairs of White- 

 eyed Pochards out of reeds and tamarisk on the banks of the 

 watercourses in the Pisheen and right down the Bolan as 

 far as Kirta in May. 



195. FULIGULA CRISTATA (LiuU.) . 



Kandahar, 1 ^, 19,2,81 ; Kokeran, 2c?, 1 ? , 5,3,81. 

 Also very common. The above remarks also apply to 

 this bird. 



196. Mergellus albellus (Linn.). 

 Kokeran, 2 ? , 30,1,81 ; Kandahar, 1 ? , 2,3,81. 



The only three specimens obtained — two on the Argendab 

 river near Kokeran, shot by Lieut. Orr, and one on the Kan- 

 dahar marsh by Lieut. Noble. 



197. PODICEPS FLUVIATILIS, Tuust. 



Kandahar, l^, 4,3,81 ; Do,, 2 ? , 8,3,81. 



Arrived in the beginning of March ; there were a good 



