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Pochard, is restricted to the Indian penin- 

 sula, west of the longitude of Calcutta, 

 we find that its range extends throughout 

 the Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikhim 

 and southwards to about the 14th degree 

 of north latitude ; the lowest point from 

 which I can find this species recorded 

 being Honawar, on the west coast, where 

 Mr. J. Davidson procured a specimen in 

 December (Bombay Nat. History Society's 

 Journal, xii., p. 72). 



In Kashmir, and probably in many 

 parts of the Himalayas, this species is 

 to a great extent a resident ; but in the 

 plains it is a winter visitor, arriving in the 

 northern parts at the end of October and 

 leaving again in March. 



Out of India, this Pochard has a wide 

 distribution, but is a bird of temperate 

 climates, not being found far to the north. 

 It extends from Central Europe (it has, 

 however, been met with in Great Britain) 

 to the valley of the Ob river in Siberia, 

 its northern limit being approximately 

 indicated by the 60th degree of latitude. 

 In many parts of its range, this Pochard 

 is a permanent resident. In the winter this 

 species is met with over a large portion 

 of Northern Africa and South-Western 

 Asia, as well as in Europe and Central Asia. 



