326 ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH. 
962.—Dafila acuta,* Zin. The Pintail. 
Cold weather visitant; common. I saw the latest, a single 
bird, on 9th April 1881, on the Tapti. 
963.—Mareca penelope, Zin. The Wigeon. 
Cold weather visitant. Fairly common throughout the 
district. 
964.—Querquedula crecca, Lin. The Common Teal. 
Winter visitant. Very common wherever there is any water. 
I saw a considerable flock on 19th September 1880. 
965.—Quequedula circia,* Lin. TheGarganey. | 
Winter visitant; also very common. There were large flocks 
at Diulia in the beginning of May 1881, and I saw a single bird 
there as late as May 10th. 
968.—Fuligula ferina, Zin. The Pochard. 
Winter visitant; rare. Only noticed by me at Tiltana. 
969.—Fuligula nyroca,* Giild. The White-eyed 
Pochard. 
Winter visitant ; common on all the tanks. 
971.—Fuligula cristata,* Zin. The Tufted Pochard. 
Winter visitant. Fairly common and generally distributed. 
975.—Podiceps minor, Gm. The Little Grebe. 
Permanent resident; common. I found a number of nests 
with fresh eggs in a small tank in the Virdeil taluka in Novem- 
ber 1880, but that year there had been very little rain in the 
early part of the monsoon, and the tanks had never filled. 
982.—Sterna caspia,* Pall. The Caspian Tern. 
A straggler. I shot one in May on the Mukhti tank, and 
have seen them at other seasons. : 
985.—Sterna seena,* Sykes. The Large River Tern. 
A straggler. Occasionally seen in the cold and hot weather 
along the Tapti and Panjra. 
987.—Sterna melanogastra, Jem. The Black-bellied 
Tern. 
1 have seen a few occasionally along the rivers, but it is 
not common. 
