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No. 1606. Nyroca ferruginea. White-eyed Pochard. 



Burna [H., teste Reid] . 



This fine little Pochard is very common and is fond 

 of large weedy jhecls. Though it breeds in Kashmir, it 

 is, of course, only a cold-weather visitor here. In many 

 parts of India it is considered worthless to eat, but I think 

 it quite one of the best Lucknow Ducks. [Nyroca baeri, the 

 Eastern White-eye, I have not yet come across. Possibly 

 nobody has happened to notice the blackish instead of the 

 rufous head and neck.] 



-J- No. 1608. *Nyroca marila. Scaup. 



Major Thompson, R.A.M.C., who is well acquainted with 

 this species in Europe, shot a single specimen near Lucknow 

 in the winter of 1893. Unfortunately he did not preserve 

 the skin. 



No. 1609. Nyroca fuligula. Tufted Duck. 



Rahwara, Allak [H.]. Golden-eye [many European 

 sportsmen]. 



Fairly common during the cold weather on certain of the 

 large jheels, but, according to my experience, rather local. 

 It occurs chiefly in small flocks. 



No. 1610. Clangula glaucion. Golden-eye. 



The only person who appears to have obtained this Duck, 

 so rare with us, is Dr. Bonavia. Major Thompson, R.A.M.C., 

 once told me that he believed he had seen, if not shot, it ; but 

 all the " Golden-eyes " that have been reported to me have 

 turned out to be Nyroca fuligula. 



-t No. 1612. Mergus albellus. Smew. 



Thalow (?) [H., teste Reid] . 



Not at all common. Reid states that it is very wild and 

 diilicult to approach. It seems to occur only in the very 

 coldest months in Hocks of about a dozen. 



No. 1615. Podicipes cristatus. Great Crested Grebe. 

 Thang (?) [H , teste Reid]. 



Common during the cold weather. The majority, I fancy, 

 migrate, but some pairs evidently remain and occasionally 



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