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—The Tufted Pochard (Myroca fuligula)—The Green-headed 
Pochard or Baer’s White-eye (Myroca baeri)—The White-eye 
(Wyroca ferrruginea)—The Long-tailed Duck (Harelda glaci- 
alis)—The Harlequin Duck (Cosmonetta histrionica)—The 
Common Scoter (Oedemia nigra)— The American Scoter (Oede- 
mia americana)—The Veivet Scoter (Ocdemia fusca)—The 
Eastern Velvet Scoter (Oedemza carbo)— The Surf Scoter (Oede- 
mia perspicillata)—The Common Eider (Somaterta mollissima) 
— The Pacific Eider (Somateria V-nigrum)—The King Eider 
(Somateria spectabilis)—The Spectacled Eider (Avrctonetta 
fischerz)—Steller’s Eider (Heniconetta stellert) w+ 38 
CHAPTER VI. 
TRUE Ducks, CONTINUED—Walking or Perching Ducks—Their 
General Characteristics—The Small Whistler (Dezdrocycga 
javanica)—The Large Whistler (Dendrocycga fulva)—The 
Wandering Whistler (Dendrocycga arcuata)—The Spotted 
Whistler (Dexdrocycga guttata)—The Brahminy Duck or Ruddy 
Sheldrake (Casarca rutila)—The Common Sheldrake (Zadorna 
cornuta)—The Comb-Duck (Sarcidiorni?s melanonotus)—The 
Cotton-teal (Wettopus coromandelianus)—The Mandarin Duck 
(dex galericulata)—The Wigeon (Mareca penelope) wae OR 
CHAPTER VII. 
TRUE DUCKs, CONCLUDED—Ordinary surface-feeding Ducks and 
Teal—Their General Characteristics—The Wood Duck (Asar- 
cornis scutulatus)—The Pink-head (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) 
—The Marbled Teal (A/armaronetta angustirostris)—The 
Shoveller (Spatula clypeata)—The Pintail (Dafila acuta)—The 
Mallard (Amas boscas)—The Spotted-bill (Anas paecilorhycha)— 
The Yellow-nib (Avas zonorhyncha\—The Australian Wild 
Duck (Anas superctliosa\—The Gadwall ( Chaulelasmus streper- 
us)—The Bronze-Cap (Zunetta falcata)—The Garganey or 
Blue-winged Teal (Querguedula civcia)—The Common Teal 
(Nettium crecca)—The Clucking Teal (Mettium formosum)— 
The Andaman Teal (WMettium albigulare)—The Oceanic Teal 
(Nettzum gibberifrons) ae ee ee el 
APPENDIX I. 
Synoptical Table of the Indian Anatide, with Index POT I 
; APPENDIX II. 
Table of Colours of full-plumaged Males, with Index bras the 
