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2132. (l''n) Erismatura leucocephala. 'J 7i€ White-headed or 

 Stijf-taik'd Duck. 

 Anas leucocephala Scop., Ann. i. Nat. Hia., p. 65 



(176;)), (A^/^a^!/). 



Mecliterraueau countries, W. Central Asia 

 Common straggler, N. W. India. 



213^. (1012) Mergus albellus. The Smew. 



Mergus albellus Unn., 8. N., »., p. 129 (1758), 

 {Smyrna). 

 Breeding Palearctic Regions. Fairly common 

 visitor, N. India in winter. 



2»34« (K'13) Merganser merganser orientalis. 'J he Eastern 

 Goosander. 



Mergus orientalis GouM, P. Z. B., 1845, p. 1 (Amoy). 

 Baluchistan, Himalayas to E. Tibet, N. Indian 

 sub-Himalayas in winter. 



2135. (1014) Merganser serrator. The Red-breasted Mer- 



ganser. 



Mergus serrator Linn., 8. A'., i., p. 129 (1758) 

 {Sweden). 



Breeding, N. Hemisphere, Very rare, winter 

 straggler to India. 



Ordor PYGOPODES. 



Family Pododiciped^, 



2136. (101."») Podiceps cristatus cristatus. The Great Crested 



Grebe. 



Colymbus cristatus Linn., 8. N., i., p. 135 (1758) 

 {Siveden). 



Temperate Europe, Asia and Africa ; winter 

 common N. India and Burma. 



2137. ('617) Podiceps ruficollis albipennis. The Indian 



Little Grebe. 



Tachybaptes albipennis Sharpe, Bull. B.O.C., iv., 

 p. 4. (1894), {Peninsula India), 

 India, Ceylon, Burma. 



2138. (1016) Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis. 'Ihe Black' 



necked Grebe. 



Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, Handb. Tog. Deutchl., 

 p. 963 (1831), {Holland). 



Temperate Europe, Asia and Africa. Winter 

 N. India, commou N. W. 



An addenda and corrigeuda to the Hand-list of Birds will be published 

 subsequently. 



