176 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



overhead, but well out of range, while sitting one day by the 

 side of the great Dewa jheel. 



No. 1601. Quekquedula ciRciA. Garganey or Blue- 

 winged Teal. 



Putari, Khira [H.]. 



Visits us, like the Common Teal, in immense quantities 

 early in the cold weather. It appears to go south in large 

 numbers after November, returning about February. As a 

 rule, it is wilder than the Common Teal, and keeps to bigger 

 stretches of water. 



-f-No. 1602. Spatula clypeata. Shovel/er. 



Ghirah, Tokarwala [H.]. 



A very common Duck during the cold weather, not leaving 

 until the end of March or even later, by which time most of 

 the males have assumed their breeding-plumage. Except at 

 migration-time, the Shoveller is rarely found in flocks, though 

 it frequently associates with other Ducks, and, as Reid has 

 remarked, it is no uncommon sight to see an old Shoveller 

 hading a bunch of Teal across country at a rattling pace. 

 It may be found on any little bit of water or dirty village- 

 pond. 



No. 1603. Marmaronetta angustirostris. Marbled Duck. 



A rare winter visitor. The late Capt. Gaine, R.A.M.C., 

 gave me a skin of this bird which he had shot near Lucknow. 

 Another in the Museum was obtained from a fowler, and a 

 third has since been brought to me. 



NO. 1604. Netta rufina. Red-crested Pochard. 



Lal-sir, Lal-conch [H.]. 



This handsome Duck is common enough on some of the 

 large jheels, generally, according to my experience, in small 

 flocks. It is rather a late species to arrive. 



No. 1605. Nyroca fekina. Pochard or Dan-bird. 



Lal-sir [H.J. 



A fairly common Duck, sometimes found in flocks, some- 

 times in twos and threes mixed up with other species. It 

 arrives about November and departs at the end of February. 



