166 ANATIDJ5. 



Germs POLIONETTA, Gates. 



Polionetta pcecilorhyncha (Fonst.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 3.) 



Arias pcecilorhyncha, Legye, Birds Ceylon, p. 1073 (1880) ; Hume $ 

 Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. iii. p. 165 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 

 Sf Eggs 2nd. B. iii. p. 289 (1890) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 

 p. 209 (1895) ; JBlanf. fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iv. p. 436 (1898) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 244 (1899). 



Polionetta poecilorhyncha, Oates, Game Birds 2nd. ii. p. 150 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 217 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spotted-billed, or Indian Grey, Duck are of a short 

 elliptical form, devoid of gloss or but very slightly glossy, and of a 

 white or greyish-white colour. They measure from 2'08 to 2'3 in 

 length, and from 1'65 to 1*8 in breadth. 



7. Eastern Narra, Sind (S. Doig). Hume Coll. 



1. Eastern Narra, 7th June (S. 2).). Crowley Bequest. 



1. North-west Provinces. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 1st Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 29th Aug. Hume Coll. 



1. Utchulda, 21st Aug. ( W. E. Crowley Bequest. 

 Brooks: Tristram Coll.). 



3. Jhansi, 20th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 6. Saugor, Central Prov. Hume Coll. 

 5. Manipur, 22nd May (A. O. Hume}. Hume Coll. 



Polionetta albigularis (Hume). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Querqaedula gibberifrons (nee Mull.), Hume 8f Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. 



iii. p. 243' (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. B. iii. p. 290 



(1890). 



Nettion albigulare, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 257 (1895). 

 Nettium albigulare, Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iv. p. 444 (1898). 

 Polionetta albigularis, Oates, Game Birds 2nd. ii. p. 158 (1899) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 217 (1899). 



The egg of the Andaman Duck in the Collection is of a regular 

 elliptical form, fairly glossy, and of a cream-colour. It measures 

 1-9 by 1-4. 



1. Port Mouat, Andaman Islands, Hume Coll. 



loth Aug. (Capt. Wimberley). 



Genus EUNETTA, Bp. 

 Eunetta falcata (Georyi). 



Querquedula falcata, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 525 (1871). 

 Anas falcata, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 1135 (1893). 

 Eunetta falcata, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 218 (l95) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 218 (1899) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 244 



(1899). 



