IH INDIAN DUCKS 



Genus DENDKOCYCNA. 



The genus Deiidroci/cna — or Dendroci/f/na, as most of us would 

 probably still prefer to call it- — contains our two widely-known species 

 of Whistling-Teal as well as seven others, some of which are found 

 in every continent except Europe, 



Whistling-Teal are amongst the few Anatidnc that perch con- 

 stantly on trees, and also breed on them. The sexes are similar in 

 plumage, though the female is often slightly smaller than the male. 

 Many systematists used to consider that they were more closely 

 allied to the Anf^crinse than to the AnatincC, and in many ways they 

 do clearly approach the former, more especially, perhaps, in the 

 formation of the legs and bills. 



They are non-migratory ducks, or only migratory in a very local 

 way. 



Key to Species. 



A. Upper tail-coverts whitish, sometimes marked with black . D. fiilra. 



B. Upper tail-coverts uniform chestnut D. jacunica. 



