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bird, but that was only by lying upon several occasions in 

 a thick reed bed and getting them driven. Three times they 

 went in the wrong direction, but having at last made out 

 their line I laid up in the right place the fourth time and 

 knocked down a brace, of which however I only recovered one ; 

 I had no dogs. 



This species occurs in Sylhet, and has been procured 

 in various parts of the Assam valley right up to Sadiya, but 

 alike in Assam and Sylhet (I seem to have no record of its 

 occurrence in Cachar) it appears to be excessively rare, little 

 more than an occasional straggler. Blyth records this from- 

 Arakan, but it does not, I believe, extend to either Pegu or 

 Tenasserim. 



961.— Ohaulelasmus streperus, Lin. 



Very fairly common at the Logtak lake, but rare elsewhere 

 in Manipur. 



This occurs, though sparingly, all through the Assam valley 

 as far as Dibrugarh, and T myself observed it in the eastern 

 half of Sylhet, but I seem to have no record as yet of its 

 having been observed (of course it must occur) in the western 

 half of Sylhet or in Cachar. 



Blyth records it from Arakan ; I do not know, for certain, of 

 its occurrence in Pegu or Tenasserim. 



962.— Dafila acuta, Lin. 



Only met with in Manipur on the Logtak lake, and there 

 by no means numerous. 



It appears to be common in suitable localities throughout 

 Assam, Sylhet and Cachar, as it is also in Arakan and Pegu. 

 But in Tenasserim it only occurs, so far as we know, in the 

 tract west of the Salween and in the country round Moulmein. 



[Fairly common in Dibrugarh. — J. R C] 



963. — Mareca penelope, Lin. 



Next to the Grey Duck and Tufted Pochard, the Wigeon 

 is certainly the commonest duck in Manipur. Not only was 

 it abundant on the Logtak lake, but I saw and shot it on 

 almost every jheel I visited. 



I have as yet no record of its occurrence anywhere in 

 Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. 



Blyth records it from Arakan, Mr. Gates does not admit it 

 into his Pegu list, but not only did Mason include it but Col. 

 McMaster, who was really reliable and was stationed in Pegu, 



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