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has not yet been observed in Kashmir, 

 in Sind, or in Cutch, and probably these 

 tracts lie outside its range. It appears to 

 be more abundant in Bengal and the 

 eastern portion of the Empire than in 

 the peninsula of India itself. With regard 

 to its southern and eastern limits, this 

 Teal will no doubt be found to occur to 

 the extreme confines of the Empire, but 

 up to the present it has not been recorded 

 from any point in Tenasserim farther 

 south than Tavoy; nor from any point 

 further east in the Shan States than 

 Kengtung, where my friend Lieutenant 

 J. H. Whitehead recently procured it. 



For a resident species of Duck the 

 Indian Cotton-Teal has rather a wide 

 range, being found in China, Siam, 

 Cochin China, the Malay Peninsula and. 

 the islands, to the Philippines and Celebes. 



The Cotton-Teal affects every descrip- 

 tion of water, from the tiny ditch or pool 

 to the large swamp, but they are not 

 partial to clear water; they almost in- 

 variably choose water covered with weeds. 

 In many places they are remarkably tame 

 and confiding, and they can often be 

 approached within a few yards, They 

 are found in twos or threes, and some- 

 times in small scattered flocks, but never 



