97. THE COMB-DUCK. 



Sarcidiornis ifielanonota, (Pennant). 



Primaries uniformly black. 

 Axillaries black. 



Head and neck white, mottled with 

 black. 



MALE: Lower back grey; rump black; 



wing about 15. 

 FEMALE : Lower back and rump grey; 



wing under 12, 



Vernacular Names : — Nukta, Hind. ; 

 Nakwa, Chutia Nagpur ; Naki ha?isa, 

 Uriya ; Jutzi chilluwa, Telugu ; Dod 

 sarle haki^ Canarese ; Neer koli, Coim- 

 batore ; Taic-bay, Burmese ; Bowkbatig, 

 Karen. 



The Comb-Duck, Nukta, or the Black- 

 backed goose of Dr. Jerdon, is found 

 as a permanent resident over almost the 

 entire Indian Empire. 



On the north-west, its limits are the 

 Ravi and Indus rivers. On the north, it 

 is found to the foot of the Himalayas, 

 but it does not appear to enter the valleys. 

 From the Himalayas, this species extends 

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