CHAULELASMUS. 



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wing broadly whitish ; under wing coverts pinkish white. Bill reddish white, 

 rosy at base and faintly bluish at tip ; irides orange red ; legs and feet blackish, 

 tinged with red. 



Length. — 23 inches ; tail 4-5 ; wing 1 1 ; tarsus 2; bill at front 2'3. 



Hab. — Arracan, part of the Indian Peninsula and Assam. Breeds during 

 June and July in swampy places. Eggs 5 to 10. 



Gen. Chaulelasmus.— Gray. 



Bill as long as the head, of uniform width, except towards the tip, where it 

 is slightly narrowed ; nail small ; lamella; projecting and delicate; wings and 

 tail long; central tail feathers rather elongate. 



Chaulelasmus streperus. The Gadvvall. 



227- Cliaulelasmus streperus {Linn.), Bodd, Tab. Pi. Eni. 



p. 958 ; Gould, B. Eur. pi. 366; jferd., B. Lid. iii, p. 802 ; Dresser B. Eur. 

 vi. p. 487, pi.; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 1 15 ; Scully, i. c, p. 362 ; Hicme and 

 Marsh., Game Birds iii. p. iSi, pi.; Murray, Verl. Zool. Sind, p. 293; 

 Oales, B. Br. Bicrm. ii. p. 283 ; Murray, Avif. Brit. hid. ii. p. 686, No. 1390. 

 Anas strepera, Linn,, Syst. Nat. i. p. 200; Blylh, B. Burm. p. 166. — The 

 Gadwall. 



3Iale. — Head and neck fulvous or greyish white, freckled with brown ; 

 crown of the head with a slight yellowish tinge ; chin and throat greyish white 

 finely speckled with brown ; breast brown, with white crescent-shaped lines 

 on each feather ; abdomen white, minutely speckled with greyish brown ; the 

 flanks variegated with undulations of brown and white ; back above clove 

 brown, with narrow crescentic undulations ; scapulars with narrow undulations 

 of brown and white; rump and upper tail coverts bluish black, with a purplish 

 gloss ; lower tail coverts glojsy black, tinged with green ; tail brownish grey, 

 the edge of the feathers paler or fulvous, the two central feathers pointed • 

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