﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  INDIAN 
  ANATIDJE. 
  451 
  

  

  The 
  curious 
  Stiff-tailed 
  Duck 
  (Erismatura 
  leucocephala) 
  must, 
  

   I 
  think, 
  be 
  a 
  resident 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  found, 
  as 
  its 
  very 
  short 
  wings 
  

   render 
  it 
  incapable 
  of 
  long 
  flights. 
  There 
  are 
  only 
  nine 
  records, 
  

   however, 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  India 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  It 
  

   ranges 
  from 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  to 
  Central 
  Asia. 
  

  

  The 
  Ducks 
  that 
  are 
  resident 
  and 
  breed 
  in 
  India, 
  including 
  the 
  

   Stiff-tail, 
  which 
  we 
  will 
  suppose 
  to 
  be 
  resident, 
  are 
  ten 
  species. 
  

   These 
  are 
  the 
  "Whistling 
  Teals" 
  (Dendrocycna 
  fulva 
  and 
  D. 
  

   javanica), 
  "Cotton 
  Teal" 
  (Nettopus 
  coromandelianus) 
  , 
  Pink- 
  

   headed 
  Duck 
  (Rhodonessa 
  caryophyllacea) 
  , 
  Comb-Duck 
  (Sarci- 
  

   diornis 
  mclanonota), 
  Wood-Duck 
  (Asarcornis 
  leucoptera), 
  the 
  two 
  

   Spot-bills 
  (Polionetta 
  poecilorhyncha 
  and 
  P. 
  zonorhyncha), 
  Anda- 
  

   man 
  Duck 
  (Nettium 
  albigulare). 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  migratory 
  Ducks 
  and 
  occasional 
  visitors 
  are 
  twenty- 
  

   two. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  Common 
  Sheld-Duck 
  (Tadorna 
  cornuta), 
  

   Ruddy 
  Sheld-Duck 
  (Casarca 
  rutila), 
  Common 
  Teal 
  {Nettium 
  

   erecca), 
  the 
  Clucking 
  Teal 
  (N.formosum), 
  Garganey 
  (Querquedula 
  

   circia), 
  Falcated 
  Duck 
  (Eunetta 
  falcata), 
  Wigeon 
  (Mareca 
  pene- 
  

   lope), 
  Pintail 
  {Dafila 
  acuta), 
  Gadwall 
  (Claidelasmus 
  streperus), 
  

   Shoveler 
  (Spatula 
  clypeata), 
  Mallard 
  (Anas 
  boscas), 
  Marbled 
  

   Duck 
  (Marmaronetta 
  angustirostris), 
  Reel-crested 
  Pochard 
  (Netta 
  

   rufina), 
  Pochard 
  (Nyroca 
  ferina) 
  , 
  W 
  T 
  hite-eyed 
  Pochard 
  [N. 
  nyroca), 
  

   Green-headed 
  Pochard 
  (N. 
  baeri), 
  Scaup 
  (N. 
  marila), 
  Tufted 
  Duck 
  

   (N. 
  fuligula 
  , 
  Golden-eye 
  (Clangula 
  glaucion), 
  Goosander 
  [Mer- 
  

   ganser 
  castor), 
  Red-breasted 
  Merganser 
  (M. 
  serrator), 
  Smew 
  

   (Mergus 
  albellus). 
  

  

  