WHE LARGER WHISTLING TEAL. 
Dendrocygna fulva, Gmelin. 
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Vernacular Names.—[Murghabi (z.e., Duck), Lower Bengal ; Badak (2.e., Duck), 
(Mahrathi), Deccan ;? Yerrinda, (Malayalum), Z7ravancore ; Silli, (Hindustani) ; 
Sisalee, (Burmese), Pegz. 
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JERY little is as yet known of the exact distribution 
§ of the larger Whistling Teal within our limits. 
In Sind I only know ofits occurring as a rare visi- 
tant about the larger lakes and canals during the mon- 
soon. In the Punjab and Rajputana I have only 
heard of its occurrence in Bhawulpur. In the Doab of 
as the North-West Provinces I have only known it to 
be and in the submontane districts. In parts of Rohilkhand, 
Oudh, and Gorakhpur and Basti it is not uncommon in the 
rains, but whether it is a permanent resident in any of these 
districts, I cannot say. In the Central Provinces, I have only 
heard of its occurrence in the Jhansi and Saugor Districts 
during the monsoon. 
In Cutch Col. Palin says it occurs, but is not common. 
In Kathiawar and Gujarat, though stragglers may occur there 
during the rains, it has not been observed, nor has it been 
recorded from Khandesh or the Central India Agency. In the 
rest of the Bombay Presidency it occurs occasionally, but 
only as a rare straggler. Fairbank obtained it once near Ahmed- 
nagar. Wenden shot several at Nulwar. Vidal found it “un- 
common” in Sattara, and has never seen it at Ratnagiri. Just 
outside the Bombay Presidency, at the north-west corner of 
the Nizam’s Territories, Jerdon found it tolerably abundant at 
Jalna. Holdsworth does not record it from Ceylon, nor is there, 
that I can discover, a single record if its occurrence anywhere 
in Travancore,* Mysore, or any part of the Madras Presidency, 
except near Nellore, where Jerdon occasionally procured it. 
* Note however that C. B Sherman, Esq., Ex.-Engineer, writing from Travan- 
core, affirms that it is very common in the north of that state; that it is generally 
only seen from October to April, but that some stay and breed as he has seen them 
with young in August. Major Campbell, of the 26th M. N. I., on the other hand 
writing from Quilon, says, that it is the common and not the larger Whistling Teal 
that occurs in Travancore, and as zo one else notes the larger species from 
Travancore, it seems probable that Mr. Sherman has confounded the two species. 
However I have given his remarks, and hope that the point will be verified, 
