The Whistling Ducks. 



India, and Mr. H. Parker many years 

 ago recorded this species from Ceylon. 



This Duck is perhaps more frequently 

 met with, and in larger numbers, in 

 Bengal than elsewhere. It extends 

 through Assam. Mr. Eden procured it 

 in Sylhet. Captain T. S. Johnson ob- 

 tained it near Mandalay. I observed this 

 Duck in many parts of Lower Burma, 

 notably on the Engmah swamp, south of 

 Prome. Colonel Wardlaw Ramsay got it 

 at Toungoo. Finally, Major G. Rippon 

 informs me that it occurs on the large 

 lake at Fort Stedman, in the Southern 

 Shan States. It may be concluded that 

 this large Whistling Duck occurs over the 

 whole tract of country extending from 

 Assam to the sea-coast line of Pegu. It 

 has not yet been observed in Tenasserim. 



Outside our limits this species is found 

 over a large portion of Africa, in Mada- 

 gascar, and in Central and South America. 



When I used to meet with this bird, 

 many years ago, I could not detect any 

 point of difference between its habits and 

 those of its smaller relative. The larger 

 bird was perhaps a trifle less easy to shoot, 

 being more wary and getting away quicker. 

 Mr. Stuart Baker is better acquainted, 

 however, with these Ducks than I am, 



