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Colonel J. M. Anderson, for instance, 

 obtained this Duck at Nimar and at 

 Aurungabad in the Deccan, and Colonel 

 E. A. Butler observed three, and shot 

 one, at Habli, about eighteen miles south- 

 east of Belgaum. Dr. Jerdon recorded it 

 from Mhow. Mr. Hume has noticed it 

 twice in the Calcutta market. We may 

 therefore presume, I think, that the Wild 

 Duck will be found in winter in suitable 

 localities throughout the country lying 

 between the base of the Himalayas and 

 the latitude of Belgaum. 



This Duck is found throughout Assam, 

 and Mr. Stuart Baker mentions several 

 places in that province where it has oc- 

 curred. Mr. F. Finn also records it from 

 North Luckimpore. Farther south it has 

 been met with in Sylhet, Cachar and 

 Manipur. I have been told of its occur- 

 rence near Bhamo, and Namkhan, and 

 also near Mandalay. Lieut. J. H. White- 

 head, a most competent observer, has 

 lately written to me that he has bagged 

 the Wild Duck at Kengtung in the eastern 

 part of the Shan States. We may gather 

 from the above that this Duck has a con- 

 siderable range in winter over the Indo- 

 Burmese countries, but is everywhere a 

 somewhat rare bird. 



