734 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL MIST. SOCLETY, Vol. XXIII. 



Rungagora, Gurrung Jan ; Paropara Jan. ; R. Dibru, Digiltaiung ; Buri 

 bhil, Derpai ; Laluk, 10-4-11*, Joyhing, R. Dejoo, 20-1-09,* four Wood- 

 Duck passed overhead in a corner of the garden adjacent to the "bhils," 

 Dejoo, 10-8-08* ; Rungagora, 23-3-02 ; Gurrung Jan in deep forest. 

 Observed five together, generally seen in singles and in threes. The differ- 

 ence in weight is not confined to one sex, shells similar to what occur at 

 the bottom of the "jans " found in the gullet of one bird. Its call is an 

 unmistakeable long drawn "honk." 



Rungagora, 2-02, $ ; 10-3-03, $ , J ; 17-3-02, $ , iris orange ; bill 

 dark yellow and freckled with dull dusky spots ; nail light horny ; tarsus 

 orange yellow ; claws horny ; 3-4-03, S ; 5-4-03, S ; bill orange yellow- 

 spotted with black ; nail slaty horny streaked dark; tarsus dull yellow 

 with bright yellow spots. 13-1-04, J , iris red orange yellow, weight 6 

 lbs. 5f oz. 13-1-04, $ , iris red orange yellow, weight 4 lbs. ; 30-1-04, § , 

 weight 3 lbs. 15 oz. ; 30-1-04, J , weight 4 lbs. 12^ oz. in poor plumage. 



The weight of other males ran as follows : 5 lbs. 10 oz., 5 lbs. 9 oz., 6 lbs. 

 1 oz. 



444. j^x galeric'ulata (L'.). — The Mandarin Duck. 



R. Dibru, two miles below Rungagora, § , secured out of a small party 

 of mixed sexes. A single female seen farther down the river the following 

 week was probably a winged bird. 



Recorded Journal, B. N. H. Socy., Vol. xiv., p. 626. 



The Mandarin Duck, of which the handsome drake is now so well known 

 as an ornamental species, has not again been met with since the above 

 occasion. 



445. Ca&arcaferruginea (Pall.) [1588]. — The Ruddy Sheldrake. 



Casavca rutila, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iv., p. 428. 

 Common on all the large rivers, occasionally occurs on some of the large 

 expanses of water as Bhimpoora bhil in North Lakhimpur. Blanford's notes 

 on the habits of this, the well known Brahminy Duck, could not be improved 

 upon. 



446 Dendrocycna jamnica (Horsf.) [1589]. — The Whistling Teal. 

 Confined to the sluggish rivers, occurs generally in small parties. 



447. Nettopus coromandeliana (Gm.) [1591]. — The Cotton Teal. 



Resident : equally distributed in all suitable localities. Mokalbari, 

 Komolabari, Bordeobam, Gogaldhubie ; in the cold season in large parties 

 on the " bhil." 



448. Anas platyrJiyncha platyrhyncha L. [1692]. — The Mallard. 



Anas boscas, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iv., p. 435. 



R. Dibru, Rungagora, 16-12-03, 5 >' Bhimpoora " bhil ", Gogaldhubie, 

 9-1-05, 5 , 8-12-07, (5 . 



5 . Iris brown ; bill yellow dappled and stippled with black ; tarsus 

 salmon red. 



449. Anas pcscilorhyncha harmgtoni, Gates [1593 B]. — The Burmese 



Spotted-billed Duck. 



Anas pmcilorhynclia, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iv., p. 436 (part). 

 Dibru, suti or backwater, six miles below Rungagora, 14-3-03, $ , many 

 seen at same time (ten in all counted). 



Gogaldhubie, 7-12-05, (S , others secured on other occasions at Bhimpoora 

 bhil. 



Apparently generally distributed, undoubtedly replaces A. p. pcecilorhyn- 

 cha in Upper Assam. 



Subansiri, below Bodutti, 13-1-10, numbers seen on right bank. 



