118. THE EASTERN WHITE-EYED 

 POCHARD. 



Nyroca baeri, (Radde). 



Outer primaries with the outer web 

 much darker than the inner; inner 

 primaries with both webs white, hke 

 the speculum; all tipped dusky. 



Axillaries white, mottled with brown 

 at the tip. 



Bill dark, with no trace of red ; of 

 about equal width throughout. 



Under tail-coverts pure white. 



Head and neck black. 



MALE : — Head and neck rich glossy black. 

 FEMALE: — Head and neck plain black; 



a chestnut patch on either side of the 



base of the upper mandible. 



Vernacular Names :-— None known. 



As remarked when treating of the last 

 species, it is impossible to say what the 

 range of the Eastern White-eyed Pochard 

 in India may be, but 1 shall assume the 

 western limit of its migration to be the 

 longitude of Calcutta. There can be 

 little doubt that this species is the White- 



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