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streak, reaching some way beyond it; legs dirty luteous brown ; toes 

 and claws long, as in others of the Genus. 



Inhabits India ; called at Bengal, Peepee and Movva; at Hin- 

 dustan, Condey ; is called also Dullpee, from its living in a floating 

 manner : is a shy bird, frequenting stagnant lakes, where it is not 

 easily come at; makes the nest upon floating islands, among weeds, 

 pretty close to the banks. The male and female are much alike. — 

 Mr. Middleton. 



A. — Head, neck, and under parts black, with a gloss of purple 

 and red in various lights ; behind the eye a broad white streak ; back 

 and wings pale reddish brown; quills black; bill pale; legs greenish. 



Inhabits India. — Sir John Anstruther.* One of these in the 

 Museum of Mr. Bullock, said to have come from Java. 



B. — Another had the head, neck, and breast, purplish black, 

 paler before ; chin white, but no streak of white either above or 

 behind the eye ; beneath, from the breast to the fore part of the 

 thighs, white, spotted on the outside with black, and ash-colour ; 

 bill pale ; legs pale green. In a drawing, similar to the latter, the 

 bird was called Mackaney. 



* I observed one of these in some India drawings, in which was a double crimson lobe 

 at the base of the bill, under tail coverts dull red, otherwise like Var. A. 



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