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they kept inside the forest on the same 

 side of the stream as that on which I was 

 seated, and I hardly caught a glimpse of 

 them, much less obtained a shot. The 

 Cachari told me that when he came on 

 the first one it was in a tree, from which 

 it did not fly until he was underneath, 

 and that then it made off to its mate, 

 which was some two hundred yards higher 

 up the stream. They then both settled 

 in a small pool, and did not again take 

 to wing until he had sneaked to within 

 twenty yards, when they got up and flew 

 straight away, passing, as I have already 

 said, just out of sight of me. We heard 

 them calling two or three days after this, 

 but when I attempted to stalk them they 

 made off long before I got within sight 

 or shot of them." 



I have never been able to meet with, 

 or even hear of, this Duck in any part 

 of Upper Burma or Pegu. It has been 

 obtained, however, at Tavoy and Mergui, 

 in Tenasserim, and lower down in the 

 Malay Peninsula, at Poonga, Kussoom 

 and Kopah. 



The mounted specimen of this Duck 

 in the British Museum, from Mergui, 

 which from its large size is probably an 

 adult male, has the head and neck white, 



