304 



Hab. N. Hemisphere : in India, confined to the Upper Pro- 

 vinces ; never L. Bengal, nor S. India. 



^. Male. B. Female. From England. Mr. Bartlett 

 (1843). 



1772. A. suPERCiLiosA, Gmelin (Gould's B. A. Vol. YII, pi. 9). 



Syn. a. leucop/uys, Forster. 

 Hab. S. Australia; N. Zealand. 

 A. Specimen presented by the Sydney Institution (1846). 



1773. A. pcECiLORHYNCHA, Pennant (Ind. Zool. pi. 13; Ilardw. III. 

 hid. Zool). 



Hab. India generally (not migratory) ; Burma : not very com- 

 mon in L. Bengal. 



A. Male. B. Female. Calcutta bazar (1842.) 



1774. A. (?) CARYOPHYLLACEA, Latham (Jerdon's III. Ind. Oin., pi. 

 34 ; G. R. Gray, III. Gen. Birds, pi. , — bill and feet coloured 

 erroneously). 



Syn. a. erythrocephala, Bonnaterre. 



Hab. India generally ; Burma. Not common in L. Bengal. 



A. Male (head and neck deep rosy, the occipital crest 



dusky). B Another (colour of head less bright, the 



occipital crest rich pink without a tinge of dusky). C. 



Young male. D. E. Females. Calcutta bazar (1813-7). 



Subgenus DAFILA, Leach. 



1775. D. ACUTA {PI. Enl. 954 ; Gould's B. E. pi. 365). 



Syn. Anas acuta, L. 



A. caudacuta, Ray. 

 A. longicauda, Brisson. 

 A. tsitzihoa, Vieillot. 



Kokarali, Sindh ; Sink-dum (i. e. 'Pin-tail'), Kabul. 

 Hab. N. Hemisphere. Extremely common throughout India. 

 A. Male. B. Female. C. Do. (very rusty). Calcutta 

 bazar (1843). 



1776. D. ERYTHRORHYNCHA. 



Syn. Anas erythrorhyncha, Gmelin. 



A. pyrrhocephala, Forster. 

 IIab. S. Africa. 



A. Specimen presented by W. Cracroft, Esq. (1837). 



Subgenus CHAULELASMUS, G. R. Gray. 



1777. Ch. streperus {PL Enl. 958). 



Syn. Anas strepera, L. 



A. platyrhynchus, Ray. 

 A. kekuscha, Gmelin. 

 Chanliodus capensis, Svvainson. 

 Sya-diim, Kabul. 



