220 Catalogue of the Birds [Oct. 



Genus ANAS, L. 



Sub Genus CHAULIODUS, Sw. 



381.— C. strepera, Sw.—Anas strepera, L.— The Gadwall 



Not so numerous as the last, but by no means rare— only found in the 

 cold season. 



Trides brown ; bill blackish, reddish at the sides and lower mandible ; 

 legs and feet ochrey yellow. 



Sub Genus ANAS. 



382. — A. clypeata, L. — Tredaree, H. — Shoveler. 

 Common over all India, in flocks during the cold weather. 

 Irides yellow ; bill black; legs orange ; bill of female brown, reddish 

 beneath. 



Si-b Genus BOSCHAS, Sw. 



383.-5. circia. — A. circia, L. — Garganey Teal, 



Common throughout the cold weather, being one of the first to arrive 

 in the country, sometimes before the end of September. 

 Irides brown ; bill black ; legs greenish plumbeous. 



384. — B. crecca, Sw. — A. crecca, L.— Common Teal. 

 Common along with the last. 



Sub Genus DAFILA, Leach. 



385. — D. caudacuta. 



Tolerably abundant towards the more northern parts of the Peninsula, 

 rare in the south, found in large flocks. 



Bill plumbeous, with a black line down the centre, also at edges ; 

 legs plumbeous. 



Irides dark brown. 



Genus TADOMA, Leach. 



386.— T. rutila, Steph.— A. easarca, L.—Soorkhab, H.~ also Chukiva, 

 '—Ruddy Shiddrake.—Brahminy Duck of Europeans. 



