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out Sind. Mr. Ross Knyvett procured 

 it at Futtehgurh, in the North-West 

 Provinces, in January, and the late Mr. 

 A. Anderson got it in Oudh in March. 

 Mr. G. Reid also observed it near 

 Lucknow. Colonel Butler records it 

 from Mount Abu and Northern Guzerat. 

 Mr. Hume noticed two specimens in the 

 Calcutta market, one in December and 

 one in February. Lastly General J. H. 

 McLeod informs us that he shot this 

 species in the Bhauwulpur territory, and 

 near Gurdaspur, in the Punjab. 



It may therefore be safely asserted 

 that this small Duck occurs over the 

 whole of Northern India, from Sind to 

 Bengal, and from the foot of the Hima- 

 layas down to at least the 22nd degree 

 of north latitude. 



This Duck occurs as a resident or a 

 partial migrant in Portugal and Spain ; 

 the whole northern part of Africa, from 

 the Canaries to Egypt ; Southern Russia ; 

 Palestine ; the Caspian Sea ; Persia, and 

 thence on to India. It is difficult to 

 understand the movements of this Duck, 

 and it is most probably more of a resident 

 in most countries than is generally sup- 

 posed; and it is not at all unlikely that 

 ome birds of this species may remain 



