APPENDIX. 435 
BAILLON’S CRAKE. (Vol. II., pp. 203, e¢ seg.)— 
An egg of this species is figured on the second of the plates of eggs which follow 
this Appendix. 
THE BROWN AND AsHy CRAKE. (Vol. IL, pp. 225, ef seg.)— 
An egg of this species has been figured on Plate III. 
THE BLUE-BREASTED BANDED RAIL. (Vol. IIL, pp. 245, ef seg.) — 
On Plate II will be found a figure of an egg of this species. 
THE SARUS. (Vol. III, pp. 1, e¢ seg.)— 
An egg of this species is figured on the fourth of the plates of eggs with which 
this volume concludes. 
THE PINK-HEADED Duck. (Vol. IIL, pp. 173, e¢ seg.)— 
An anonymous writer in the Asiaz furnishes the following additional information 
as to the distribution, &c., of this species. He says :— 
* The Pink-headed Duck is not very rare in the trans-Gangetic pergunnahs of the 
Allahabad district. 
*‘In 1873 a friend purchased three living specimens of the Pink-headed Duck, 
from a fowler at Allahabad. This was in the hot weather, and the birds were 
stuffed and mounted with my assistance,so that I can vouch for the species. 
: ae birds were taken somewhere in the north-east portion of the Allahabad 
istrict. 
“On the 25th of May 1876 I saw and fired at a flock of twelve of these birds, 
on the Ganges, only about two miles north of Newton’s Hotel. The exact spot 
Was apoint on the river due north of the centre of the Allahabad Race Course. 
‘““Some days after I fired at another pair on the river some few hundred yards 
lower down, but again failed to bag one. 
‘*“A certain find, however. for the Pink-headed Duck, in the hot weather, is a 
large weedy jhil near the village of Mukoondpur, somewhere about the north-west 
corner of the Allahabad district, 
‘I have, on two or three occasions, seen small flights of R. caryophyllacea in 
various partsof the Allahabad district,.and recognized them by their black colour 
and the pink they showed on the under side of the wing. particularly when they 
turned side on, in flight. 
** As the migratory ducks have all left the country by April, the permanent 
residents then become conspicuous by their absence ; and the only bird for which it 
is then possible to mistake the Pink-headed Duck, is the Grey Duck, Anas 
poecilorhyncha. Fromthis bird the Pink-head should be easily distinguished by 
its nearly uniform black (at a distance) plumage, by its pink and angular head, 
with its remarkably straight profile, and by the pink it shows under the wing. 
Any flight of black ducks, about the size of a Mallard seen during the hot weather, 
or rains, will probably prove to be this species. And if sportsmen will please bear 
this in mind we shall soon hear something more about the Pink-headed Duck. 
““As it would be hardly possible to mistake either the Whistling Teal or Comb 
Duck for this bird, I do not think any further remarks necessary; but I may 
mention that the season in which I found the Pink-headed Ducks on the river 
Was a very dry one, and the jhils for miles around to my knowledge were dry. 
** Among other birds, I found pheasant-tailed Jacanas, fairly common along the 
sandbanks of the Ganges; having no doubt been compelled to take to this dis- 
reputable sandpiper mode of life by the dryness of the jhils and the absence 
of their beloved water plants.” 
At page 178, I quoted Mr. Shillingford’s weight in Zvoy lbs. and ozs. of a Pink- 
headed Duck. It may be well to note that the pound 7yoy is equal to, or con- 
tains 5.760 grains, (the same as grains Avoirdupois) and is divided into 12 ozs. each 
of 480 such grains The pound Avotrdupots contains 7,000 grains, and is divided 
into 1602s, each of 437.5 grains, so that 2 Ibs. 8 ozs. Troy, the weight given by 
Mr. Shillingford for one of his ducks, is equivalent to about 2 Ibs. 3.14 ozs Avoirdipors, 
