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think that it will be obtained in Upper 

 Burma. 



The first Indian-killed specimen of this 

 species appears to have been got by Sir 

 A. Burnes on the Indus river. Subse- 

 quently, Colonel Yerbury shot another 

 specimen on the same river. This bird 

 is preserved in the British Museum. Mr. 

 R. N. Stoker observed this species, and 

 shot several specimens, at Ghazi and 

 Hasanpur, on the Indus above Attock, 

 in December, and he has given full parti- 

 culars regarding these birds in " Stray 

 Feathers," voL x,, pp. 424 and 515. 



The Golden-eye has occurred once only 

 in the North-west Provinces, where Dr. 

 Bonavia obtained a drake which had been 

 captured by fowlers near Lucknow. 



When travelling on the upper reaches 

 of the Irrawaddy river between Sinbo and 

 Myitkyina, I frequently observed small 

 flocks of Ducks which I am strongly of 

 opinion were Golden-eyes. I was, how- 

 ever, always in a noisy paddle-steamer, and 

 these Ducks would never allow it to ap- 

 proach nearer than 300 or 400 yards, and 

 under these circumstances it is impossible 

 to be quite certain of the species. I hope 

 that sportsmen at Myitkyina, who may have 

 facilities for travelling about in canoes, 



