92 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAST, 



5^. Irides pale yellow ; bill pink, with black tip ; edges of 

 both mandibles black ; orbits pale pink ; legs bright pink. 



951.-— Nettapus coromandelianus, Gm. 



| Chiplun. | 



Scarce and usually solitary. I have only seen it at the loca- 

 lity mentioned, but Dr. Armstrong, I believe, got some speci- 

 mens at Ratnagiri. 



952*.— Dendrocygna javanica, Horsf. 



Rare. Several years ago I shot three or four brace out of a 

 moderate sized flock, which I found feeding on some paddy 

 fields on the banks of the Vashishti. Dr. Armstrong has also 

 got specimens from the Ratnagiri district, but I am not aware 

 of the exact locality where he obtained them. 



957.*— Spatula clypeata, Lin. 



I have only seen one flock of Shovellers since I first travelled 

 in the district. I found them on a narrow inland stream, and 

 though I shot several unfortunately did not preserve a single 

 skin. 



961.*— Chaulelasmus streperus, Lin. 



In old days I have shot Gadwall on the Vashishti, and eaten 

 them, but have no skins to bear me witness, and have not seen 

 any during the last two seasons. 



962.— Dafila acuta, Lin. 



| Chiplun. | 



19^/i November 1879, Male.— Length, 23; wing, \0\; bill, 

 2J ; tarsus, If; tail, 4^. Legs blue ; irides brown; bill black, 

 blue at sides. 



Pintails are to be seen in some years in small parties in the 

 large Duck ground at the junction of the Vashishti and 

 Tagbudi rivers ; but they come late and go early. 



963. — Mareca penelope, Lin. 



Ratnagiri. | Chiplun. | 



Wigeon in some years are very abundant on the Vashishti 

 river, congregating in large flocks of five hundred birds or 

 more ; but they are not, like common Teal, widely distributed. 

 In 1878-79, after the highest rainfall on record, not a Wigeon 

 was to be found in the district; but in 1879-80, after a year 

 of moderate rainfall, they reappeared again in their usual 

 strength on the Vashishti. Wigeon arrive comparatively late 

 and usually leave by the end of February. Before the reeds 



