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few do do this — they must needs go else- 

 where to feed during the night, and in 

 such situations I have once or twice seen 

 them at midday snoozing at the water's 

 edge. 



"Their quack or note is pecuHar, though 

 something like that of the Pochard, a harsh 

 kirvy kere^ kirr, with which one soon gets 

 acquainted as they invariably utter it, 

 ' staccato, as they bustle up from the 

 rushes, often within a few yards of the 

 boat." 



The Western White-eyed Pochard not 

 only breeds in Kashmir, but it is be- 

 lieved to nest also in Sind, where a few 

 birds of this species appear to remain 

 during the year. 



In Kashmir they breed most abundantly, 

 principally in June, and their eggs become 

 an object of commerce in the bazaars. 

 They build a moderate-sized nest of rush 

 and sedge amongst reeds and water-weeds, 

 sometimes on the firm ground, and some- 

 times on some partially-floating mass of 

 weeds. 



In Poland, according to Dr. Tacza- 

 nowski, the nest is placed amongst the 

 herbage on the very edge of even deep 

 water, generally on a tussock, and some- 

 times in a bush two or three feet above 



