424 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. 
957. Spatula clypeata. 
961. Chaulelasmus streperus. 
981. Larus ridibundus. 
Asterisks, I may add, were wrongly prefixed to Querquedula 
erecca, 964, and Querquedula circia, 965. 
Of the above unverified species the occurrence of Chrysoco- 
laptes sultaneus, Alauda gulgula, and Porzana fusca, is some- 
what doubtful. It is also not certain whether tae long-billed. 
brown Vulture appears in the form of tndicus or pallescens, 
As to the remaining species there is no doubt. ) 
G. VIDAL. ° 
Broacu, October 23rd, 1882. 
Sir, 
At page 158 (ante) you recorded the capture of the 
immature Scaup (Fuligula marila) that I sent you in Novem- 
ber 1881, but you omitted, I think, to notice the two other 
Scaups, both females, and both immature, that I sent you 
later. 
The first was killed on the 13th January in the Indus river, 
about 14 miles above Attock. Of this I noted that the bill was 
greyish blue with black nail; iris deep yellow ; legs and feet 
leaden, darker-on the joints. ! 
The second was killed on the 10th of March: in the Jubbee 
river near Hasan Abdal. Length, 15°5; expanse, 24:0; 
wing, 7°9; tail, 2°7; tarsus, 1:2; bill from gape, 1:7; greatest 
width of bill, 0°87. Iris deep yellow; bill greyish blue with 
black nail; legs greyish blue, darker on joints. 
I see from page 174 (ante) that Mr. Chill procured a fine 
adult female of this species near Gurgaon on the 25th of 
March, and a young female on the 14th of that month, but 
apparently up to date no one has procured a male adult or 
otherwise. 
I have now to record shooting near Ghazi on the Indus a 
female Golden Eye (Clangula glaucium). _ I saw one drake and 
four ducks, but unfortunately only succeeded in getting one of 
the latter. 
This measured: Length, 15°75; expanse, 26°5 ; tail, 3°66 ; 
bill from gape, 1°66 ; weight, 1 1b. 5 ozs. 
The irides were a bright pale yellow; the feet bright yellow- 
ish orange, with dark blackish webs; bill black at base, and 
tip with a medial yellow band about 0:25 in width. 
I noticed this latter particularly because at Vol. III., p. 288 
of the “Game Brrps,” you remark that though not noticed by 
any European writers, this yellow or orange band, spot or bar, 
does occur often in females, occasionally in young males, and 
