436 APPENDIX. 
The following additional measurements of the Pink-headed Duck I owe to Mr. 
F, A. Shillingford :— 
Bill at 
Sex. Length, Expanse. Wing. Tail, Tarsus. front Weight. 
sy 23'5 33'0 10°75 5‘0 2'0 2°25 1 tb. 14 ozs. 
3 2205 38°5 I1‘o 4°5 2°0 2°25, 2 lbs: 
3 230 37°5 10°75 4°5 1°87 2°25 lb. 13 ozs. 
é 24'°0 380 10°75 50 20 2°12 Idlb. 12 ozs. 
2 220 37°90 10°5 4°5 2°0 2°25 Ilb. 15 ozs. 
Of the female he furnishes the following description, noting that the specimen 
described was an adult shot on the 15th of June, and then contained one fully-formed 
white egg. 
‘* Bill pinkish brown ; cere (?) dull white ; irides dull orange ; tarsi, toes, webs and 
nails purplish slate. 
** Head, chin and upper portion of throat dull ashy pink ; crown and back of neck 
light brown; the rest of the body lighter brown than the male; interscapular 
feathers edged with light brown, and abdominal feathers edged with pinkish brown $ 
primaries and all but the last five secondaries light rufescent brown ; the inner webs 
and portions covered by the coverts and winglets pinkish white; upper wing and 
winglet light brown ; upper margin of wing white. Last row of greater coverts edged 
with white ; tertiaries and scapulars dark brown ; under side of entire wing dull lus- 
trous white ; specuium whitish brown, with a very slight tinge of rufous.” 
_ THE WHITE-EYED POCHARD (Vol. III, pp. 263, e¢ seg.) — 
Of this species also an egg has been figured on Plate IV. 
THE WHITE-FACED STIFF-TAIL DucK. (Vol. III. pp. 289, 
et seg. )— | 
My prediction, p. 289, (as to the occurrence of this species within our limits.) had 
not been two months in type, when Mr. F, Field, U. C. S., Punjab, most kindly sent 
me a specimen of a Duck, that he was unable to identify, which proved to bea 
young bird of this present species. He said: ‘‘I shot this bird on the 28th of 
October at the **Old Nullah” about a mile from the Civil Station of Loodhiana, 
Punjab. It was sittingalone in a pool. I stalked up close behind some reeds, 
and then showed myself, expecting to see it fly. All it did was to cock its little 
stiff, thin, pointed tail, and swim off in a quiet way for some ten yards. Its appear- 
ance, while swimming with its tail turned upwards, was most peculiar. I tried to 
frighten it into flying, but it would not rise, so I shot it while swimming. Unfortu- 
nately I did not sex it. It measured in the flesh :—Length, 18:0; wing, 6‘1; tail 
from vent, 35; tarsus, 1°33; bill at front, straight from margin ef feathers to point, 
1°7; from gape, 2°0 ; mid-toe and claw, 2°8. 
‘“‘The irides were brown; the bill very dark grey, almost black ; the legs and 
feet grey, with blackish webs and joints.” 
This species may be recognized at any age by the Zaz/, composed of 18 narrow 
spine-like feathers, with scanty, stiff, disunited, narrow webs, quite worn off towards 
the tips, which exhibit only the bare shafts. The lateral feathers are successively 
shorter and shorter, so that the whole tail is sharply wedge-shaped, and owing to the 
nature of the feathers, which are only covered for about half an inch at their bases 
by the upper and under tail-coverts, looks poor and scraggy, much of the cor- 
morant type. but much feebler, thinner, barer and poorer in appearance. Still, though 
the tail will suffice for identification, it may be wellto addto Mr. Field’s remarks 
a detailed description of his bird, as young birds like this are the most likely to 
occur in India. 
The lores, forehead, crown and upper part of the occiput are a dark brown, 
the feathers barely perceptibly margined at the tips with yellowish brown. 
The rest of the occiput and nape are nearly similar, but the pale margins 
of the feathers are broader and more conspicuous. <A _ broad, dull, white stripe, 
(a little speckled with brown) runs from the base of the upper mandible on either side 
to near the base of the occiput, but does not quitemeet behind. Below this, from 
the gape, runs a broad dark brown stripe, also feebly freckled with pale buffy, Below 
