92 INDIAN DUCKS 



and OD the '29th July a young bird in which the quill-feathers had 

 started growing. 



It lays five to eight eggs, in the usual goose's nest, which are 

 generally described as of a dull creamy-white in colour, of a broad 

 regular oval shape, glossless texture, and measuring about 2'9 X '2 

 inches. Eggs in my own possession are dull-grey, one with the 

 creamy tint very slightly developed. They are very long ovals, 

 measuring 2'.sr) x 184 inches, and are perhaps rather abnormal 

 in shape. 



The eggs in the British Museum vary between H'27 and 2'70 

 inches in length, and between 1'93 and I'HO in breadth. 



