'22S INDIAN DUCKS. 



" Length l-j-O to 1G--5 inches, expanse 24 to 2G-o, «ing 6*8 to 7"4, tail froii* 

 vent 3 to 3-4, tarsus 1 to 1-25, bill from gape 1-9 to 2-5. Weight 1 lb. 3 ozs. to 

 1 lb. G ozs."" (Hume.) 



Young male. — Similar to the.female, but with the whole head and breast 

 much .-suffujed w ith ochraceous. and the centre of the abdomen with the broad 

 brown bases to the feathers show ing prominently ; the back is lighter also than 

 in the old females, with the pale borders to the feathers well defined. 



Scullv, quoted by Hume, thus describes two young birds : — 



c? juv.. 'SOth Jii.h/. — "Length IG'l inches, expanse 21, wing 5-1, tail 2-4, 

 tarsus 1-1, bill from gape 1'75. "Weight I'ro ozs. Bill dusky, livid below ; irides 

 dark brown ; legs and feet mottled dusky ; claw s black." 



2 JTiv., 1S^7« Jh?j/.—-" Length 15-7 inches, expanse 26*2, wing 7'5, tail 2-1, 

 tarsus 1'2. bill from gape I'O. Weight 1.5-4 ozs. Bill black above, grey-slaty 

 below- ; irides brownish-grey ; legs and toes dusky plumbeous, w ebs greyish-black ; 

 claws black."' 



Youiig in first plumage. — " Head and neck brown, with scarcely a chestnut 

 tinge on the sides of the head; breast and underparts brown, paler, almost 

 wbitisli. on the abdomen; under tail-coverts dull whitish." (Salvadori.) 



" Young in down are dark brown on the upper parts, with pale spots on 

 wings and scapulars : underparts buff, shading into brown on the flanks." 

 (SeehoJim.) 



Salvadori thu- defines the limits of the White-eye : — '' Western 

 Pah'jarctic Region, as far east as the valley of the Obb; breeds in the basin 

 of the Mediterranean, in Central and Eastern Europe, and in Western 

 Asia as far as Kashmir ; in winter it extends in Africa as far south as the 

 Canaries on the West and Abyssinia on the East, in Asia as far south as 

 India and Arrakan."' 



In India the White-eye is extremely common over the whole of the 

 northern portion, though it becomes less so to the oast of longitude 

 9 deo-rees, being stiU found, however, in consideraUe numbers throughout 

 Assam, Manipur, Cachar, Sylhet, C'hittagong, and Southern Burmah. 



A^ regards the last-mentioned. hoAvever. some of the records mav refer 

 to the Eastern Pochard. 



As it wanders south, it ap}icar> to get more and more rare, but it is 

 not easy to trace its extreme southern limit. To the extreme west, 

 Vidal got it at a place called Khed, in Ratnagiri. about latitude 17° 4'. 

 Mr. P. M. Allen records having shot a pair of White-eyes in the Xizam^< 

 territory at Xalgonda. latitude 17° 22'. Then to the east coast, Hume 

 savs, '• I have failed to trace it : it is not recorded from . . . one of the 

 Madras districts south of Mysore and the town of Madras."' This would 

 infer that he has had records of it as far south as Madras ; but I cannot 



