100. THE INDIAN COTTON-TEAL. 



Nettopus coromandelianus, (GMELIN). 



Axillaries entirely black or else brown 



margined with grey. 

 Nearly all the secondaries broadly tipped 



with white. 

 Crown with a dark cap. 



MALE : With a large white patch on 

 the primaries. 



FEMALE : With the primaries entirely 

 blackish. 



VERNACULAR NAMES: Girri, Girria, 

 Girja, Gur-gurra, Hind. ; Ghangariel, 

 Ghangani, Beng. ; Bullia-hans, Dacca, 

 Faridpur, Sylhet ; Dandana, Uriya ; 

 Lerreget-perreget, Merom-derebet, Kol. ; 

 Ade, Adla, Ratnagiri ; Kalagat, Burm. 



THE Indian Cotton-Teal occurs in greater 

 or less abundance over almost the whole 

 Indian Empire, from the base of the 

 Himalayas to the extreme south of the 

 peninsula, and in Ceylon ; and from 

 Assam down to Tenasserim, including 

 the Andaman Islands. This small Duck 

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