April 20, 1923 ] Birds of the hidiayi Empire. 237 



2io6. Branta ruficollis. The Red-breasted Goose. 



Anser ruficollia Pallas, Spicil. Zool, p. 21 (1769), (06- 

 River). 



Breeding W, Siberia ; winter Europe and S. W. 

 Asia, once India. 



Sub-famil}'- Avatince, 



2107. (1589) Dendrocygna javanica. The Lesser or Common 



Whistling Teal. 



Anas javanica Horsf., Trans. L. S.,xiii., p. 199 (1821), 

 (Java). 



Ceylon, India, Burma, Siam, China, Malay Pen. 

 to Borneo and Java. 



2108. (1500) Dendrocygna fulva. The Greater Whistling Teal. 



Anas fulva Gmel, S. N., i., p. 530 (1789), {Novo- 

 Hispania) . 



Practically all India, Burma, Siam in suitable 

 localities. 



2109. (1587) Tadorna tadorna. The Sheldrake. 



Anas tadorna Linn., S. X., i., p. 122 (1758), (Sweden). 

 N. and Central Europe and Asia. Rare N. India 

 and Burma in winter. 



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1 10. (1588) Casarca ferruginea. The Ruddy Sheldrake or 

 Brahminy Duck. 



Anas ferruginea Pall., Vroeg's Cat.Adum., p. 5 (1764), 

 {Tartarei). >f \ 1, 



Central and South Europe and Asia, S. to 

 India, Ceylon, Burma, China, etc, 



21 1 1. (1592) Anas platyrhyncha platyrhyncha. The Mal- 

 lard. 



Anas platyrhynchos Linn., 8. N., i., p. 125 (17-58) 

 (Stoeden). 



Europe. N. and Central Asia. In winter N. and 

 Central India, Burma, etc. 



2H2. (1593) Anas poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha. The 



Indian Spotbill or Grey Duck. 



Anas pojcilorhyncha Forster, Penn. Ind. Zool., xiii 

 p. '2^ (1781), {Ceylon). 



India, Ceylon, Assam, N. of the Brahmaputra, 

 etc. 



2 1 13- Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha. The Chi- 



nese Spot-Bill or Grey Duck. 



Anas zonorhyncha Swinh., Ibis, 1866, p. 394 {Ningpo) 

 China, E. Siberia, straggler in winter to N. Burma 

 and Assam. 



