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119. Nettium crecca. 



Nettium crecca (Linn.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iv. p. 443. 



Querquedula crecca Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, 

 p. 130; Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Expecl. Potan. Gan-su, 

 p. 6. 



No. 138. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 6, 

 1903. 



Common in spring- and autumn, especially at Lhasa ; but 

 I do not think that it breeds in S. Tibet. 



' 120. MaRECA PENELOPE. 



Mareca penelope (Gm.) ; Blauf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iv. p. 445. 



I saw a few Wigeon on the Kala Tso Lake in the spring. 



-f 121. Dafila acuta. 



Dafila acuta (Linn.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, iv. 

 p. 447 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 131. 



Common on the lakes in April. 



122. Querquedula circia. 



Querquedula circia (Linn.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, iv. p. 449; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, 

 p. 131. 



No. 137. $ adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 6, 

 1903. 



No. 2012. $ adult. Lhasa, Sept. 8, 1904. 



I only noticed the Garganey at Lhasa in the autumn; it 

 was quite common there. 



; 123. Spatula clypeata. 



Spatula clypeata (Linn.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iv. p. 452 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 132. 



There were a few Shovelers on the Kala Tso Lake in 

 April. I found one frozen into the ice, but the skin was too 

 much damaged for preservation. 



121. Nyroca ferruginea. 



Nyroca ferruginea (Gm.) ; Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iv. p. 460; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 132. 



