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462. Mergus merganser comatus, Salvador! [1613]. — The Goosander. 



Merganser castor, Blanford, Vol. iv., p. 469. 



Occurs on all the open large rivers in the cold season. 



Bramapootra, Lali Mukh, 6-1-02, S ■ 



Subansiri, Hessamara, three miles below, 31-12-05, d" ; on the 28-12-05*, 

 seen to the number of twenty or thereabouts sporting in the river : 

 7-1-06, $ ; Dhulong Mukh, Subansiri, 14-1-06, 5 ; Subansiri Gorge, 

 26-1-06, 2 ; Dejoo, Runganuddie, 1-3-09*, still in evidence. S , iris reddish- 

 brown or brown ; tarsus bright orange vermillion red, salmon red or pale 

 fleshy red ; bill, culmen black, sides of upper mandible rosy pink or dark 

 red. 



463. Coiymbus cristatus cristatus, L. [1615]. — The Great Crested Grebe. 



Podicipes cristatus, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iv., p. 473. 

 Tinsukia, April 1903, $ ; Bhimpoora bhil, North Lakhimpur, 7-4-05, S ; 

 Sissi, main channel of Bramapootra, 23-2-08* ; seen on the Subansiri 

 at Hessamara, 12 P-4-05 and reported from Derpai by Mr. J. L. Alexander. 

 This Grebe depends more on its expert diving capacities than its 

 power of flight on the wing when in danger. 



464. Coiymbus ruficollis albipennis (Sharpe) [1617]. — The Indian Little 



Grebe. 



Podicipes albipennis, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iv., p. 475. 

 Tinsukia, 21-2-02, J; Bhimpoora " bhil," Gogaldhubie, January. 

 Iris yellow ; bill orange yellow ; upper mandible horny at tip, at base 

 lemon yellow ; tarsus dull green, brown on upper surface. 



