142 INDIAN DICKS. 



water, almost passing' out of firo bcforo })ein(i; spotted. Consequcnrly the 

 shooting was not all it might have been as regards hitting, and it i-e(|uired 

 a rare good man behind the gun for cartridges to average not mon^ than 

 two per head of game. 



The Eastern Grey-Duck is of course resident where found and breeds 

 throughout its range. I took its eggs, three fresh, in Dibrugarh, anil 

 Harington took a hard-set clutch of eggs in the Shan States. T have also 

 <?ggs taken as far east as Ja})an. 



The eggs differ in no way from those of the Spot-bill, but average 

 smaller. 



