102. THE GREY DUCK. 



Polionetta pcEcilorhyncha^ (Forster).*- 



Primaries nearly uniformly blackish, the 

 inner webs being slightly paler than 

 the outer. 



Under wing-coverts and axillaries white. 



Speculum metallic green or greenish 

 blue, between two double bands of 

 black and white ; the outer web of 

 the two long secondaries next the 

 speculum white. 



Tip and base of the upper mandible 

 yellow or orange. 



Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Names -.—Hunjur, Sind. ; 

 Garam-;pat, Bata, Gugral, Hind. ; 

 Naddun, Nepal Terai ; Neer-bathoo, 

 Tamil ; Neer-kolee, Canarese ; Dod- 

 sarle-hakt, Mysore ; Kara, Manipur ; 

 Tau-bay, Burmese. 



The Grey, or Spotted-billed, Duck, occurs 

 as a resident, and more or less abun- 



* Anas pcecilorhyncha of the British Museum 

 Catalogue. 



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