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dantly, in every part of India, from the 

 base of the Himalayas down to Cape 

 Comorin, and in Ceylon. It has not 

 yet been observed in Kashmir, nor in 

 any portion of the Himalayas. Eastwards, 

 this Duck extends through Assam ; and 

 in a southerly direction, through Sylhet, 

 Cachar, and Manipur to Arrakan and 

 Upper Burma. Captain F. T. Williams 

 shot this Duck in the Chindwin river. It 

 is found in the swamps and tanks near 

 the banks of the Irrawaddy, quite down 

 to Mandalay ; and Captain T. S. Johnson 

 and party, during one Christmas week, 

 obtained ten of these Ducks near Man- 

 dalay, out of a total bag of 562 water 

 fowl, showing that it is by no means 

 rare in that part. I obtained a speci- 

 men not far from Lashio, in the Northern 

 Shan States. Major G. Rippon informs 

 me that this species occurs in all parts 

 of the Southern Shan States, and 

 Lieut. J. H. Whitehead writes to me 

 stating that he got the Spot-bill as far 

 east as Kengtung. In these instances, 

 I do not think that the Chinese Grey 

 Duck has been mistaken for the 

 Indian species. I did not observe this 

 Duck in any part of Pegu, but Blyth 

 records it from Tenasserim, where, how- 



