101. THE INDIAN WOOD-DUCK. 



Asarcornis leucoptera, (BLYTH).* 



Primaries uniformly black. 



Axillaries white. 



Speculum slaty-blue ; wing-coverts 



white; separated from each other by 



a broad black band. 

 Head and neck white, spotted with 



black. 



MALE : Breast black, lower plumage 



chestnut-brown. 

 FEMALE : Both breast and lower plumage 



chestnut-brown. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Deo-hans, Assam. 



THE Indian Wood-Duck is probably 

 found throughout the whole eastern 

 portion of the Empire, from Assam to 

 Tenasserim, but the localities where it 

 has been actually obtained are few in 

 number. 



First, I may quote Colonel Godwin- 



* Asarcornis scutulata (part.) of the British 

 Museum Catalogue. 



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