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Found by Dr. Horsfield in Java, and by Col. Sykes in the Deccan. It appears to be gene- 

 rally dispersed over India. Col. Sykes, in bis Synopsis, says it is " gregarious, and abundant in 

 the Deccan. Sexes alike in plumage," " These birds are characterised by a very peculiar whistle 

 when disturbed, by a proportionate length of the intestine (one-third shorter than any other species 

 of the Anatidee), and by the inferior larynx being dilated into two oblong chambers, placed rather 

 in front of, than lateral to, the trachea." 



DENDROCYGNA AUTUMNALIS. 



Vend. — Fusca ; vertreatro; rostro pedibusque rubris. 



AUTUMNAL WHISTLING DUCK. 

 Fuscous ; with the belly black ; bill and legs red. 



IN. IN- 



Length 24 Tarsi 2 



Bill 2 Middle toe 2| 



Back, crown, head, collar on the neck, and tertiary coverts, vinaceous ; streak down the back 

 of the neck black fuscous ; throat, cheeks, and upper part of the breast grey, inclining to vinaceous 

 on the former ; secondaries, top of the primaries, tail, belly, aad lower part of the back black ; 

 under tail coverts barred with black and dirty white ; base of the primaries and some of the primary 

 coverts white. 



Anas AutumnaYis Linn. Syst. 1 . 205. 



Gmel.Syst. 1. 537. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 852. 

 Red-billed Whistling Duck Edic. Glca. pi. 194. 



Lath. Gen. Sijn. 6. 498. 

 Siffleur a bcc rouge et narines jaune B»ff- IS - 9. 183. 



Inhabits the West Indian Isles ; is common also in South America. We have received it from 

 Peru, where it is not uncommonly kept tame as in this country. 



