i6o GA NOETIC HINDOOSTAN. 



The Grey-headed Goofe, vi. 458, is the elegant fpecics com- 

 mon alfo to JJ'rica. The cheeks of the male are white. 



The Pink-headed Duck, vii. tab. cix. has its bill, head, and 

 part of the neck of a fine pink color ; the whole plumage be- 

 fides of a deep chocolate color. Is feldom feen in flocks, ufually 

 in i^airs, is domefticated for the table. 



I MET in Sir E. Impefs cabinet, a white-headed duck. 

 The Falcated Duck, vi. 516, is fuppofed to migrate to thefe 

 parts from the Mxjngolian deferts. 



The Englijh Garganey, Er. Zool. ii. N° 289, migrates into 

 Bengal. Little doubt is there but numbers of other European 

 water fowl may be met with in thefe watery regions. 

 Pelican. The great white Pelican, — 575, is feen in vaft abundance in 



thefe parts and all parts of the Ganges, as is the Rofeate,— 579. 

 I am much indebted to Lieutenant Moor for much inil;ru6tive 

 information. I beg leave to repay him a trifle, by telling him, 

 that the tw^o birds which were fliot near Simoga, fee p. 209 of 

 his narrative, are no other than the white Pelican. Pelecanus 

 Onocratalus of Linnaus, and the bird I juft mention. 

 Anhinga. The black-bellied Anbinga, the fame as the Ceylonefe, is 



common here. I may add to the former account that it fwims 

 quite up to its neck, the body being concealed in the water. 

 Ganges, ITS The Ganges Ihall now be taken into confidcration. — This 



great river rifes from two ftrearas in the kingdom of Tbibet, in 

 about Lat. 33° 10/6, on the weftern fide of Mount Kentaife. Thefe 

 pafs weftward through two lakes, the Mapana and Lanken. The 

 name the firft ftream is called by in Du Halde, in his map of 

 China, vol. i. is LanktJJjou ; his map may be confulted, as well 



as 



Origin. 



