154 Ma nua I of the Ga me Birds of India . 



them. As I had a good many persons 

 with me who eat wild fowl and were glad 

 to get these, I daily, when at the lake, 

 shot from six to ten Grey Ducks, but I 

 could have shot twenty or thirty of these 

 daily, all sitting shots, at distances between 

 thirty-five and forty yards. Nay, sometimes 

 a pair or two floating leisurely just outside 

 some thin rush bed have allowed the boat 

 to pass quite unconcernedly within even 

 ten or fifteen yards." 



There are few places apparently in the 

 range of this Duck where it does not 

 breed. The nest is usually placed on 

 the bank of some pond or canal on the 

 ground, among thick grass, and is com- 

 posed of rushes, grass, and feathers, with 

 a little down. Sometimes the nest is 

 placed on a branch of a tree, drooping 

 near the ground, and entirely concealed 

 by the surrounding vegetation. In Sind, 

 this Duck appears to nest in April and 

 May ; in the Punjab and the North-west 

 Provinces in August ; in Gujarat in 

 October, and in Mysore in November. 

 Probably it lays twice a year in most 

 places. 



Captain Woods communicated the 

 following note to Mr. Stuart Baker re- 

 garding the breeding of this Duck in 



