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previous species, but without the strong metallic lustre. One measures : wing 

 barely 11 inches, bill 2 - 5,the other measurements exactly agree with those 

 given by Jerdon. 



938. Tantalus leucocephaluS: Very local, and a shy bird. 



An apparently old specimen, but with a broad dark brown band (the 

 feathers in it being, however, tipped white) across the hind breast, shot on 

 Sth February, measures : wing 21 - 5, tail 7, (the longer lower tail coverts 

 being very much lengthened, soft and decomposed) , tarsus 10, mid toe with 

 claw 5 "2 ; bill at front 11 inch. 



939. Platalea leucoeodia. Pare. 



911. ThRESKIOENIS MELAjTOCEPHALUS. 



The single specimen seen, and shot in December, has the entire plu- 

 mage white, merely the lengthened tertials are pale silvery ash towards their 

 terminal halves. Measurements the same as those given by Jerdon. 



912. Geeonticus papillosus. Very common. 



The bill of this species is slenderer, but not longer than that of the 

 last. 



911. Pelj^icopteeus antiquoeum, Temm. 



Comp. Gray in Ibis, 1869, v, p. 441. 



I saw only two or three flocks of this species at some large tanks in 

 the Wagau- district, young and old birds associating. 



952. Dendeocygna aecuata. Rare. 



957. Spatula cltpeata. Very common. 



There was scarcely a pool of water to be met with without a few 

 of these birds on it. 



961. Chaulelasmus steepeeus. Very common. 



On the 1st November, I met with six half grown ducks on a small lake 

 near the village Dhosa. I shot one, but unfortunately did not preserve it. 

 At the time I had the impression that I shot a young gadwall, and certainly 

 it could only have been either this species, or Anas boschas which I saw on 

 the same lake ; but I rather think it was the former. I did not know at the 

 moment that the breeding of the gadwall had not been recorded in India. 



962. Paella acuta. Common. 



961. Queequedula ceecca. Very common. 



968. Atthta eeelna. Rare. 



An apparently young female with the upper plumage as in the old, but 

 with the whole of the underparts dull white mixed with pale brown, tinged 

 rufous on chin, neck and breast, and of a somewhat darker hue on the vent, 

 measures : wing 8, tail 2, tarsus P15, mid toe with claw 2"6, hind toe with 

 claw G"75, bill from gape 2 inch. 



969. Atthta nteoca. Rare. 



