98. THE SMALL WHISTLING 

 DUCK. 



Dendrocycna javanica, (HORSFIELD). 



Primaries uniformly black. 



Axillaries and under wing-coverts black. 



Upper wing-coverts largely maroon. 



Upper tail-coverts chestnut. 



No black band down the hindneck. 



Sexes alike. 



VERNACULAR NAMES \-Silli, Silhali, 

 Chihee, Hind. ; Sara/, Shareil,Harrali- 

 Hans, Beng. ; Hansrali, Uriya ; Ade, 

 Ad la, Mahrathi ; Yerra Chilluwa, 

 Telugu ; Yerrundi, Malayalum ; Chemba 

 Tara, Tamil in Ceylon ; Saaru, Tatta 

 Saaru, Ceylon ; Horali, Assam ; Tingi, 

 Manipur ; Sissalee, Burma. 



WITH the exception of the Himalayas, 

 Kashmir and the Punjab, the Small 

 Whistling Duck is to be found in all 

 suitable localities throughout the Indian 

 Empire, from the base of the Himalayas 

 to Ceylon on the one hand, and from 

 Assam to Tenasserim on the other. It 

 occurs also in the Andamans and Nicobars. 



