ANAS. 685 



innermost narrowly edged with white ; greater wing coverts sepia [brown at 

 with a subterminal white band and tipped with black; tertiaries white on 

 their outer webs and hair brown on their inner ; tail deep brown, the central 

 feathers darker; vent and under tail coverts nearly black ; under wing coverts 

 rtiite ; bill black, with a spot of red at the base, and yellow at the jtip ; legs 

 and feet vermilion red ; irides deep brown. 



Length. 23-5 to 25-9; wing ID'S to iijtail 4*75 to 575 ; tarsus I 85 to 

 1-93 ; bill from gape 2-5 to 275. Females are slightly smaller. 



Hab. A permanent resident in India. Breeds in Sind and the Punjab. 

 Found in large numbers in Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, the drier parts of the 

 Punjab and Rajputana, also in the N.-W. and Central Provinces, Oudh, 

 Kutch, Guzerat and the Deccan. 



Affects large lakes, ponds, brushy or weedy tanks, and often the banks of 

 rivers, feeding on worms, molluscs, insects, larvae, young shoots of grass, &c. 

 Mr. Hume says (Game B. iii. p. 168) "that the breeding season of this duck 

 varies a great deal with locality ;" in the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh, also the 

 eastern portions of Rajputana and the Punjab, July, August and September are 

 the months ; in Guzerat, October. In Sind Mr. Doig obtained eggs at the 

 latter end of April and May on a small island covered with long grass in the 

 middle of the Narra. 



1389. Anas caryophyllacea, Lath., Ind. Om. ii. p. 866; Jerd., 



B. Ind. ii. p. 800 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 644 ; Blyth, B. Burm. 

 p. 165. Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 115 ; Hume 

 and Marsh., Game Birds iii. p. 173, pi. ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 284 

 The PINK-HEADED DUCK. 



Whole head, sides and back of the neck rosy pink ; entire front of neck, 

 lower plumage, back, rump, upper tail coverts, tail, upper wing coverts, scapu- 

 lars and tertiaries dark glossy brown ; secondaries salmon colour, forming a spe- 

 culum ; primaries brownish salmon colour, paler on the inner webs ; edge of 

 wing broadly whitish ; under wing coverts pinkish white. Bill reddish white 

 rosy at base and faintly bluish at tip ; irides orange red ; legs and feet blackish, 

 tinged with red. 



Length. 23 inches ; tail 4*5 ; wing II ; tarsus 2; bill at front 2-3. 



Hab. Arracan, part of the Indian Peninsula and Assam. Breeds during 

 June and July in swampy places. Eggs 5 to 10. 



Gen. Chaulelasmus. Gray. 



Bill as long as the head, of uniform width, except towards the tip, where it 

 is slightly narrowed ; nail small ; lamellae projecting and delicate ; wings and 

 tail long ; central tail feathers rather elongate. 



