FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SOUTH KONKAN. 03 



on the mud banks have been cut, very pretty shooting is to be 

 bad at the junction of the Vashishti and Tagbudi rivers by 

 stealing up the lagoons in a light and silent canoe. But after 

 the reeds are cut the Duck get very wild and cannot be 

 approached by land or water. The only way then is to take up 

 a position in ambush at the edge of some swamp over which 

 they pass and repass on their way from one ground to another, 

 and to have them driven backwards and forwards. 



964.*— Querquedula crecca, Lin. 



Eatnagiri. | Chiplun. 



Teal are more widely distributed than Wigeon, but never 

 appear in such large flocks. They come in earlier before the 

 rice crops are cut and stay later than Wigeon. 



965.*— Querquedula circia, Lin. 



Eatnagiri. 



Blue Winged Teal are comparatively scarce. 



969.— Fuligula nyroca, Quid. 



| Vanoshi. J 



Rare. I shot a single specimen of the White-eyed Duck out 

 of a flock of five or six in a weedy tauk near Khed in December 

 1878. The skin was preserved, but was unfortunately carried 

 off while drying by a wanton Kite. 



971.— Fuligula cristata, Lin. 



Eatnagiri. | Chiplun. j 



2\st November, 1879, Male.— Length, 17; wing, 8^; bill, 

 1-j-V; tarsus, \\ ; tail, Z\ ; mid toe and claw, 2f . Irides golden. 



2nd November 1879, Female — Young bird. — Wing, 7§; tarsus, 

 1£; bill, If ; mid toe and claw, 2^. Irides pale brownish 

 yellow. 



Before this year 1 had never seen the Indian Golden Eye in this 

 district. But in November I shot a solitary specimen at Ratna- 

 giri, and a little later found considerable flocks of them on the 

 Vashishti river, feeding in the inundated paddy fields. It is 

 probable that two or three more species of Duck than are 

 entered in this list occur. But except Wigeon and Common 

 Teal all the Duck are very uncertain in their comings and 

 goings. 



975.— Podiceps minor, Gm. 



Malvan. | Chiplun. | 



Common on all large weedy tanks. 



