510 



290. Anas clypeata, Linnaeus. 



Indus and Punjab rivers in winter. Common. 



291. Anas boschas, Linnaeus. 



Indus and rivers of Punjab in winter. Breeds and remains all the 

 year in the Valley of Cashmere. 



292. Anas p03Cilorhyncha, Pennant. 

 Indus, only in winter. 



293. Anas acuta, Linneeus. 



Indus ; Punjab ; Cashmere. Abundant during the winter months. 



294. Querquedula crecca (Linnaeus). 

 India. Common. 



295. Querquedula circia (Linnaeus). 



Punjab rivers and lakes during the cold months. Common. 



296. Fuligula rufina (Pallas). 



A winter visitor on the lakes and rivers of the Punjab. Not 

 common. Average weight of male 3 lbs. Iris red. 



297. Fuligula nyroca (Guldenstedt). 



Frequents the lakes of Cashmere, and remains there all the year. 

 Very common on the City Lake. A winter visitor in the Punjab, 

 associating generally with the Querq. crecca. 



298. Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus). 



Migratory. Common on the lakes and rivers of the Punjab 

 during the cold months. 



299. Podiceps philippensis, Gmelin. 



Very common at all seasons on the Cashmere lakes. A winter 

 visitor in the Punjab. 



There are few more interesting studies in natural science than 

 that of the migrations of birds ; and Northern India and its large 

 rivers afford excellent opportunities of enriching one's knowledge on 

 this head. Every one who has traversed the great rivers of Northern 

 India must have been struck during the winter months on observing 

 the vast flocks of wildfowl that frequent the sands and creeks of 

 the Ganges, Indus, and rivers of the Punjab, or the lakes and fens 

 inland. 



What becomes of these large flocks during summer ? for in June 

 or July, should he revisit these rivers, he must observe the absence 

 of all these interesting objects. Oft has the question been asked, 

 and the answer been much the same : " They go away during 

 summer, and come back in winter." But where do they go to? they 

 surely do not migrate southwards : for it is hot enough in all con- 

 science in Scinde or the Punjab in summer ; and the banks of the 



