THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 81 
it is not an uncommon sight to see an old male leading a flock 
of Teal across country at arattling pace. It is anything but a 
good duck for the table. It is late in leaving the Division, 
many males before departing having assumed their summer 
plumage. 
958.—Anas boscas, Lin. Native names—Nir-rugi 
and Nilsir. 
The Mallard can only be considered as an occasional and 
rare cold weather visitor. After years of good rainfall, when 
the jhils are well filled, it may be met with; but owing to its 
scarcity at the best of times and the difficulty of getting a 
shot, sportsmen rarely succeed here in bagging it. Further 
west, it is probably more common, though I know of only one 
place—the Sandi lake in the Hurdui district—that it visits 
with anything like regularity. 
Strange as it may seem, Anas pecilorhyncha is, according to 
what I have bothseen and heard, frequently mistaken by “ griffs”’ 
(wide as the difference is) for the Mallard, and hence the 
accounts one occasionally hears about the abundance of the 
latter on particular jhils. 
959.—Anas peecilorhyncha, Forst. Native name— 
Garm-pat. 
12th December, Female.—Length, 23°25; expanse, 35°50; 
wing, 10°; tail, 5°30; tarsus, 1:70; bill from gape, 2°40; 
weight, 2 lb. 12 oz. Legs bright orange red ; claws black, webs 
spotted with black; bill (upper mandible) black, tipped with 
yellow, with a bright orange red band at base; irides dark 
brown. 
The Grey or Spot-billed Duck is a common and fairly 
abundant resident. During the rains it is usually seen in pairs 
frequenting small and weedy jhils or swamps; but in the cold 
weather, when these patches of water are dry, itis compelled to 
resort to the larger jhils, and may then be met with in flocks 
ranging from 6 to 30. It is ene of the very best ducks for the 
table. It breeds during the rains, but I have not seen its nest. 
960.—Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, Lath. Native 
name— Golab Lal-sir. 
There is a specimen of the Pink-headed Duck in the 
Lucknow Museum which Dr. Bonavia probably procured in 
the local market. I saw two on a jhil near Rahimabad in Decem- 
ber, and there is also a regular net-work of jhils near 
Mohunlalgunj on the Lucknow and Roy Bareilly road, which 
it visits in the cold weather. It is, however, then exceedingly 
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