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971.—Fuligula cristata, Ray. 
The Tufted Duck is not particularly common, but occurs in 
most of the large tanks. 
[All these four Pochards occur thr oughout the entire region, 
the last only beiny somewhat rare. Mr. Adam never even ob- 
served it at Sambhur, though the first year that I was there I 
saw several.—A. O. H.] 
973.—Mergellus albellus, Zin. 
The Smew is very uncommon. I have occasionally seen it on 
some of the tanks I have shot over, but never procured a speci- 
men. Itis avery handsome bird and its showy black and 
white plumage causes it to be easily recognized. It is exceed- 
ingly shy and consequently very difficult to get within gun-shot 
of. 
[I obtained this species in Sindh, but have no record of its 
occurrence in Cutch, Kattiawar, or Jodhpoor. The Smew essen- 
tially pertains to large pieces of water, such as the Najuff- 
gurh Jheel, (where, before this latter had been so largely drained 
as it now is, hundreds were always to be seen,) the Manchur 
Lake, &e. Mr. Adam has never noticed it at Sambhur, but I 
have no doubt that it would be found there in seasons when un- 
usual rains have filled the Lake.—A. O. H.] 
[974.—Podiceps cristatus, Zin. 
I obtained a specimen of the Crested Grebe, in a large tank 
a few miles off the road from Deesa to Ahmedabad. I have 
received specimens of this from Kutch, and obtained it in Sindh 
and also onthe western coast of Kattiawar, at Beyt and again 
in the lagoon at Poorbunder. I have no record of its occur- 
rence in Jodhpoor or arid Rajpootana generally, and it has not 
occurred as yet in the neighbourhood of the Sambhur Lake.— 
79a Oa oI 
975.—Podiceps Philippensis, Gel. 
The Dabchick or Little Grebe is common on every tank both 
on the hills and in the plains. 
[Common throughout the entire region.—A. O. H.] 
980.—Larus brunneicephalus, Jerdon., 
The Brown-headed Gull is tolerably plentiful in the cold 
weather. 
983.—Sterna nilotica, Hasselg. 
The Gull-billed Tern is common in all of the marshes, tanks 
and rivers during the cold weather. 
