182 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on the [Ibis, 



Tadorna tadorna i}^). 



Occasional in winter. 1 saw six at Kliushdil on 19. v. 11 



Casarca ferruginea (Pall.). (= Casarca rvt'da.) 



An occasional pair visit Khushtlil in late winter and spring. 



The birds l)reed in Seistan and probably on the Helmnnd 



River in AtVhanistan. 



Anas platyrhyncha. 



A. p. platijrliijncha L. (^=^Anas hoschus auctoruni.) 



Commences to arrive in early September, and the majority 

 have disappeared by April, but three pairs of non-breeding 

 birds remained at Khushdii throughout the summer of 1914. 



The degree of abundance of the usual Ducks to be met with 

 at Kliushdil in winter can be best seen by a table, compiled 

 from the results of shooting between 1904 and 1914. The 

 percentage of each species to the total bag is given : — 



Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 



Mallard 13 .% 27 1 9 10 



Gadwall 24 9 5 Ki 9 8 



Wigeou 2 1 2 2 G 5 



Piiilnil 18 4 1 1 3 4 



Shoveler 10 G 3 2 5 G 



Marbled Teal 1 2 3 8 — 4 



Comnion Teal 18 27 39 57 54 48 



Common Pochard 8 14 15 10 12 11. 



Red-crested Pochard 1 2 2 1 — 2 



White-eyed Pochard 4 3 2 1 — 1 



Tufted Duck 1 2 1 1 2 1 



Anas strepera L. 



A regular and common winter visitor, arriving in late 

 tSeptember and leaving in early April, though a few remain 

 till the middle of May. 



Anas acuta L. 



Passes through in October and November, very few re- 

 maining in midwinter. On spring pas.?age they scarcely 

 linger at all, and I never saw them after early April. 



