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In Burma it is extremely rare ; Blyth obtained it in Arakan, and 

 says that it occurs in Independent Burma (where ?), but Oates did not 

 come across it in Pegu, and I can find no other record of it. 



Hodgson obtained it more than once in Nepal, and Pemberton in 

 Thibet. " A Member of the Society " in Vol. II of this Journal writes :-— 

 " In Scind ... I have one report of the Bengali Pink-headed Duck 

 occurring as a straggler, but it cannot yet be called a recorded species." 

 I suppose by this he means that he does not place much faith in the 

 report. 



I see Murray does not record it as a Scind bird, although he is very 

 generous in the number of birds he assigns to that part of India. 



Mr. Moylan told me that once out shooting in Sini, in Singbhoom, 

 with three other guns they accounted for no fewer than six of these 

 lovely ducks. They were found in the thick, weedy, reed-covered 

 tanks lying just outside the heavy forest. Here they were in company 

 with vast numbers of other kinds of ducks and teal, a big bag of which 

 was made on this occasion. He seems frequently to have met with 

 them in various parts of Singbhoom, but, as far as I could ascertain, 

 had not seen any others shot. 



In the Punjaub its occurrences are limited to four actually recorded. 

 Two were shot by Colonel Kinlock and another is mentioned by him, 

 as having been shot by a friend (a brother officer), whilst the other is 

 noticed by Hume. All four birds were obtained near Delhi. In the 

 North-West it is equally rare, and as the authorities who would attempt 

 to prove otherwise are anonymous, it is not worth while quoting them. 

 In Oudh it is perhaps less rare, and a few birds are seen and either shot 

 or netted nearly every year. Latham says that it " is common in 

 Oudh, where it lives generally in pairs, is often kept tame, and becomes 

 very familiar." (!) 



Shillingford's note on the " Pink-headed Duck " which appeared 

 in the Asian gives so much information and so little is to be obtained 

 elsewhere that I reproduce it in extenso : — 



" During the cold weather, November to March, the Pink-headers 

 remain in flocks varying from 6 to 30, or even 40 birds, in the 

 lagoons adjoining the larger rivers, and have been observed by myself 

 in considerable numbers in the southern and western portions of the 

 district, that portion of Eastern Bhagalpur which lies immediately to 



