NET HUM. 



occurrence in India have been recorded. A male was obtained in 

 the Calcutta bazaar by Blyth in 1844, another by Mr. Chill near 

 Delhi in November 1879, a third by Mr. E. James in Sind, and a 

 fourth, probably of this species, by Col. McMaster in the Northern 

 Circars. The bird is also said to have been seen, or its peculiar 

 loud clucking note heard, in other places, but specimens have not 

 been kept for comparison. 



1597. Nettium crecca. The Common Teal. 



Anas crecca, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 204 ; Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 166 

 Legge, Birds Ccyl. p. 1083 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 593. 



Querquedula crecca, Blyth, Cat. p. 305 ; Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 806 ; 

 Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 255 ; Hume fy Henders. Lah. 

 to York. p. 297 ; Hume, S. F. i, p. 262 ; Adam, ibid. p. 402 ; 

 Butler, S. F, iv, p. 30 ; v, p. 234 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 489 ; 

 Anders. Yunnan Exped., Axes, p. 700 ; Davids, fy Wend. S. F. vii, 

 p. 93 ; Ball, ibid. p. 232 ; Hume, ibid. p. 494 ; id. Cat. no. 964 ; 

 Scully'S. F. viii, p. 363 ; Hume $ Marsh. Game B. iii, p. 205, pi. ; 

 Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 100 j Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 124 ; Tidal, 

 S. F. ix, p. 93 ; Butler, ibid. p. 438 ; Reid, S. F. x, p. 83 ; Damson, 

 ibid. p. 418 ; G J. W. Taylor, ibid. p. 467 ; Gates, B. B. ii, p. 285 ; 

 Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 409 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 346. 



Nettion crecca, Kaup, Natilrl. Syst. p. 95 (1829) ; Sakadori, Cat. 

 B. M. xxvii, p. 243. 



Chota Muryhdbi, Kerra, Lohya Kerra, Putari, Souchuruka, H. ; 

 Naroib, Tulsiabigri, Beng. ; Baigilayairi, Nepal ; Kardo, Sind ; Killowai, 

 Tarn. ; Sorlai-haki, Can. 



Fig. 114. Head of N. crecca. 



Coloration. Male. Head and upper neck chestnut : a broad 

 metallic-green band on each side running back from the eye, a 

 buff line from the side of the chin passing in front of the lores 

 and thence back to the eye, where it divides, and one branch runs 

 above the green band, the other below ; chin and a narrow band 

 in front of the loral buff line black or blackish brown ; lower neck 

 all round, upper back, inner scapulars, and sides of the body 

 narrowly barred with black and white; outer scapulars buff, 

 broadly and diagonally edged on the outer web with black; lower 

 back and rump brown, frequently with traces of barring ; upper 

 tail-coverts black with fulvous edges ; tail and wing-feathers 

 brown, the outer secondaries velvety black with white tips, inner 

 secondaries bright emerald-green on outer webs, forming aspeculum; 

 first tertiary black, externally narrowly edged with buff; greater 



