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down to Ceylon, being rare or absent 

 from some of the tracks of country which 

 are very dry and naturally unsuited to 

 its habits. 



This Duck extends throughout Assam 

 and thence southwards to the southern 

 limits of Pegu. To the east its range 

 spreads out to the Southern Shan States, 

 where, as Major G. Rippon informs me, 

 it is common as far as Mone at least. 

 It has not been procured in Tenasserim. 



It is not a common bird in Upper Burma, 

 and none of my friends appear to have 

 met with it, except Captain F. T. Williams, 

 who informs me that this Duck occurs on 

 the Chindwin river, and Major J. H. 

 Sewell, who tells us in the pages of the 

 Journal of the Bombay Natural History 

 Society that he shot it near Kyoukse, and 

 that it is common at Yamethin, where it 

 also breeds. 



The Comb-Duck of India is identical 

 with the Comb-Duck which is found over 

 a considerable portion of Africa and in 

 Madagascar. 



The Comb-Duck occurs chiefly in the 

 plains, but in suitable localities it may 

 be found up to an elevation of 2000 feet 

 or upwards. It affects tanks and swamps 

 which are covered with weeds and are 



