110. THE GADWALL. 



Chaulelasmus strepertis, (Linn/eus). 



Outer web of the primaries blackish ; 

 inner web drab, with a blackish tip. 



Axillaries pure white. 



Speculum brown turning to black, and 

 followed by sevei-al quills, the outer 

 webs of which are white. Most of 

 the wing-coverts of the greater series 

 black, forming a large patch above 

 the speculum. 



Bill of uniform width throughout. 



MALE : Under tail-coverts black. 

 FEMALE : Under tail-coverts fulvous, 

 marked with brown. 



Vernacular Names : — Mila, Bhuar, 

 Beykhur, Hind. ; Burd^ Sind. ; Mail, 

 Nepal ; Peezng-hans, Bengal. 



The Gadwall has been observed, as a 

 winter visitor, in most parts of the penin- 

 sula of India, from the Himalayas down 

 to Mysore. South of this, and in Ceylon, 

 it has not yet been met with. It ascends 

 the Himalayas up to 5000 or 6000 feet. 

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