11*. THE PINK-HEADED DUCK. 



Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, (LATHAM). 



Outer primaries with the outer web 

 much darker than the inner ; inner 

 primaries with both webs of the 

 same pale vinous drab as the specu- 

 lum ; all tipped with dusky. 



Axillaries brown, mottled with white. 



Whole lower plumage, together with 

 the sides of the body, of one uniform 

 dark colour. 



MALE : Chin, throat, and foreneck black; 

 crown of head pink. 



FEMALE : Chin, throat and foreneck pink 

 crown of head brown. 



VERNACULAR NAMES \-Lal-sira, Golab 

 Lai-sir, Hind. ; Doomrar, Nepal Terai ; 

 Doomar, Tirhoot ; Saknal, Beng. 



THE distribution of the Pink-headed 

 Duck was for many years a matter of 

 much uncertainty, but it is now fairly 

 well known. 



Commencing with the north-west portion 

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