MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 399 



No. XIX.— BAER'S POCHARD, NYROCA BAERI AND OTHER 

 RARE DUCKS IN MANIPUR STATE. 



I am sending to you by registered post two duck skins, one is undoubtedly 

 a male specimen of Baer's pochard, or the Eastern White-eye Nyvoca baeri. 

 It is, as far as I know, the first specimen obtained in Manipur and was 

 shot on Ekop jhil, some 12 miles south of Imphal, on loth March 1913, by 

 Col. "W. Campbell of the Black Watch. 



The second specimen I believe to be a female Baikal or Clucking Teal 

 Nettium formomm. 1 have consulted Gates, Stuart Baker, Hume and 

 Marshall, Finn and LeMesurier and the plumage seems to me to lea,ve no 

 doubt that the bird belongs to this species. But a keen and expert Orni- 

 thologist up here holds the opinion that it is not a clucking teal on the ground 

 that the feet and legs are not of the colour usually given in the text books. 

 I shall be grateful if you will kindly confirm my identification or inform 

 me what the bird really is. I shot it out of a flock of 8 or 10 on Ekop on 

 16th March 1913. The skin is unfortunately not in good condition as the 

 bird dived and was somewhat damaged by the boatman killing it with his 

 paddle. 



The following other rare or locally rare birds have been accounted for 

 since I have been here : — 



(1) Mallard, Anas boscas — Mr. Stuart Baker only records one instance of 

 Mallard having seen in Manipur. This year, however. Col. C. E. Nichol, 

 R.A.M.C, saw one on the Logtak Lake on 20th February 1913, Mr. F. 

 B. Blackie saw 4 on a jhil a little south of the Logtak on 3rd March 1913, 

 and Mr. R. E. Forrester of the Black Watch shot a single drake on Ekop 

 on 16th March 1913. 



(2) Pinkheaded Duck, Hhodonessa caryopliyllacea. — I saw a pair with a 

 flock of Spot Bill on Senaput, 10 miles S. W. of Imphal on 23rd October 

 1910 and shot the male. 



(3) Nukhta, Sarcidiornis onelanonotus — Mr. A. H. D. Barron of the 17th 

 Infantry shot a pair last year. 



(4) Common Sheldrake, Tadorna cornuta. — A shikari shot one in 1910. 



(6) Bronze-capped Teal, Eunetta falcata . — Col.H. C. Tytler has a beauti- 

 ful specimen of a male in his Tealery, which was brought in two or three 

 months ago, having been caught in a net. 



(6) Hume's Bush Quail, Microijerdix manijmrensis.- — Mr. F. B. Blackie 

 shot two specimens in the S. W. corner of the valley on 24th February 

 1913. The skins of one has already been sent to the Society by Col. H. C. 

 Tytler. Both were males, but must have been immature as the plumage 

 of one exactly resembled the description given of the female, while the 

 second had the characteristic bay marking of the face only very slightly 

 developed. 



J. C. HIGGINS, i.c.s. 

 Imphal, Manipur State, 

 2Sth March 1913. 



[The Baer's pochard was a very fine specimen and the teal was un- 

 doubtedly a Backal Teal. Both birds are welcome additions to the 

 Society's collections — Ed.s.] 



No. XX.— DUCK IN BURMA. 



_ On page 1085 of the Journal, Vol. XXI, No. 3, Major Harington gave a 

 list of the bags recorded from Tongyi and Nyaungwun at Christmas 1912. 



