95. THE COMMON SHELD DUCK. 



Tadoma tadorna (Linn/eus).* 



Primaries uniformly black. 



Axillaries and under wing-coverts white. 



Speculum metallic green, or bronze, 



with the outer web of the adjoining 



secondaries chestnut. 

 Tail white, tipped with black or brown. 



MALE : Breast and mantle rich chestnut. 

 FEMALE : Breast and mantle dull chest- 

 nut, undulated with black. 



Vernacular Names -.—Rararia, Shah- 

 chakwa, Sufaid-surkhab, Hind. ; 

 Niraji^ Sind. 



The Common vSheld-Duck or Burrow- 

 Duck is a winter visitor to the northern 

 parts of the Empire, but is nowhere 

 common. It has been met with in the 

 Punjab, Sind, Kathiawar, Cutch, the 

 North-west Provinces, Oudh and Bengal. 

 It is said to be rare in Oudh, and it has 

 been observed in the Calcutta market in 

 March and April only. Mr. Eden shot 



" Tadorna cornnta of the British Museum 

 Catalogue. 



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