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Punjab, Sind and Northern Guzerat ; also 

 in the North-west Provinces and Oudh. 

 It also occurs in Bengal, where Dr. 

 Blanford met with it near Raniganj ; and 

 in Orissa, whence it is recorded by Dr. 

 Jerdon. There are several skins of this 

 species in the British Museum that were 

 procured by Falconer in Bengal. 



I can find no notice of the occurrence 

 of this species in any part of the Empire 

 east of Bengal, but there is apparently 

 no reason why it should not occur 

 commonly in Assam and thence down 

 to Upper Burma. 



The Smew in summer is found through- 

 out Northern Asia and over a great part 

 of Northern Europe, up to the Arctic 

 circle. In winter it migrates as far 

 south as the Mediterranean, the Black 

 and the Caspian Seas, India, China and 

 Japan. 



The Smew arrives in Northern India 

 in November and leaves again in March. 

 The birds that visit us are mostly immature, 

 and only a small proportion consists of 

 old males and females. 



Although the Smew, in most parts of 

 its range, frequents alike salt and fresh 

 water, here in India it seems to be ex- 

 clusively a fresh-water species, being 



