AND NORTHERN GUZERAT. yf 
but A. indicus has been shot there by Mr. Adam, and near 
Jodhpoor by Dr. King, and is tolerably common in Sindh. Dr. 
Stoliczka saw it, he thought, in Cutch, and it probably occurs 
there and in Kattiawar, but I have not received it from either 
locality, nor has it been recorded from any place in Northern 
Guzerat.—A. O. H.] 
950.—Sarkidiornis melanonotus, Tem. | 
The Black-backed Goose or Nuktah is not uncommon, but I 
have neverseen more than ten or twelve together in one flock in 
this part of the country ; on the contrary I have generally met 
with it singly or in small parties of twos and threes. 
[Common in Kattiawar and Jodhpoor ; less so in Cutch, and 
does not, so far as is yet known, extend to Sindh.—A. O. H.] 
951.—Nettapus coromandelianus, Gmel. 
The White-bodied Goose Teal or Cotton Teal is not common, 
and I have only met with it on one or two tanks surrounded 
with rushes and overgrown with long grass and weeds. I 
saw several flocks varying in numbers from four or five to 
twenty, and shot many specimens as they do not like to leave 
the tank when flushed but continue flying round and round 
presenting a quick shot every time they pass you. Itisa 
perfect little goose in miniature and readily distinguished on 
the wing from other ducks—1st, by its small size ; 2nd, by its 
conspicuous shining dark green wings broadly banded towards 
the tip of the primaries with white ; 37d, by its low clucking 
or cackling note which it keeps on uttering as long as it is on 
the wing. It frequents the rushes and long grass in preference 
to the open water. 
[Although this occurs in Kattiawar it does not pertain 
properly to the region of which we are treating, and has 
never yet been obtained at the Sambhur Lake, or in any part 
of Jodhpoor or in Cutch or Sindh.—A. O. H.] 
952—Dendrocygna arcuata, Cuv. 
The Whistling Teal is not very common. I have met with 
it on comparatively few occasions, and have shot but few 
specimens. 
On a recent excursion to the better watered country south 
of Deesa [ saw two or three flocks varying in numbers froin 
15 to 30 birds (always on tanks overgrown with weeds and 
rushes) ; they generally rise as soon as the beaters commence to 
beat, and keep on flying round and round the tank at a consi- 
derable height in the air, constantly uttering their well-known 
“ sibilant call ” as Jerdon appropriately describes it until the 
drive is over. Itis readily distinguished on the wing—lst, by 
