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it appears a much larger bird than it is. The Pintail (Dajfila 
acuta’), another very common species. The Wigeon (Mareca 
penelope), not very common; I only shot one last December. 
Both the Common and Garganey Teal (Querquedula crecca and 
Q. circia) are common, especially the latter; none of the males 
which I shot of the last species during my last December visit 
had made any attempts to assume the male plumage. The Red- 
crested Pochard (Fuligula rufina) and the Tufted Duck (F. 
cristata) are fairly common, especially the latter; I did not shoot 
a single one of either of these ducks last December, nor did 
I observe any, nor did I see any Pochard (Fuligula ferina) at that 
time; I have only a note of it forming part of my bag last 
February, but whether common or not is not mentioned. The 
White-eyed Duck (Fuligula ferina) is common. At the latter end 
of the season, when the water has fallen, Snipe are common; 
and Jack are numerous in favourable places round the edges of 
the Lake. 
On the babal-fringed banks of the canal from Sehman 1 
secured a male and female of Passer pyrrhonotus; this is an 
interesting bird, from having been re-discovered by Mr. Doig in 
1880, not having been recorded in India for forty years previously 
(see ‘Stray Feathers,’ vol. ix.). 
As regards the other animals inhabiting the Lake, which par- 
ticularly attract notice, amongst the fish there is a freshwater 
Pipe-fish in considerable numbers; in fact it is almost impossible 
to look down into the water without seeing several of these 
gliding in and out amongst the weeds; the natives never 
catch it. There is also a freshwater Prawn, which to the eye 
uneducated in entomostracan lore appears similar to the well- 
known marine form. Mr. Murray informs me that it has not as 
yet been properly identified. 
There are several species of freshwater Mollusca; one, a fresh- 
water Mussel, is very numerous; there is another form of large 
bivalve, which is unknown to me; Limnea, sp. (?) is also very 
common, with a pink variety ; Spheriwm sp. (?) fairly numerous; 
a small Planorbis sp. (?) is met with on the weeds, but not in 
any great numbers; Paludina sp. (?) is very common. 
As regards the vegetable kingdom, one of the commonest 
sights is to see a number of women digging up from the mud 
the roots of the lotus, whose broad leaves cover the water in 
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