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has been recorded from Sylhet, Cachar and 

 Manipur. Dr. Anderson obtained it at 

 Bhamo and on the Taping River. Captain 

 F. T. Williams informs me that it occurs 

 on the Chindwin. It is common near 

 Mandalay, for Captain T. S. Johnson 

 counted thirty-five ducks of this species 

 in a total bag of 562 ducks shot near that 

 town at Christmas. I procured a speci- 

 men of this Duck at Fort Stedman, and 

 Major G. Rippon writes to me that it 

 is fairly common in the Southern Shan 

 States. The Shoveller probably occurs 

 much farther south, but personally I did 

 not meet with it in Pegu, nor has it been 

 recorded from Tenasserim. 



The Shoveller is a very widely distri 

 buted Duck, being found throughout the 

 northern hemisphere in summer, up to 

 nearly the yoth degree of north latitude ; 

 and in winter, south to Mexico and the 

 West Indies, over a large portion of 

 Northern Africa, in Arabia, Persia, India, 

 and Southern China. 



The Shoveller arrives in the plains of 

 India and Burma during October, and 

 has generally left by the end of April. 

 It is probable that, as suggested by 

 Adams, some of these birds may remain 

 to breed in Kashmir. 



