in captivity in lower bengal. t»01 



Length of life in captivity. 



A specimen obtained in March 1878 lived for about a year only. 

 The wild duck is the origin of the domestic duck, of which several 

 breeds have from time to time been exhibited. 



(291) THE AUSTRALIAN WILD DUCK. 

 (ANAS SUPERCILIOSA— Gmel.) 

 Hab. — Australia. 



(292) THE SPOTTED-BILLED DUCK. 

 (ANAS PCECILOEHYNCHA— Venn.) 



Hindi — Garampai, Gagral. 



The males are slightly larger than the females. In other respects 

 they look very much alike, except that in adult males the colour of the 

 legs is intense coral red, whereas in the females it is very dull ; in 

 younger specimens of both sexes the legs are orange yellow ; the base 

 of the upper mandible is coloured red, and the nail and a small patch 

 of the lower mandible bright yellow. Adult males in captivity have 

 sometimes been found to want the red at the base of the upper 

 mandible. 



Hab.— India, Burmah, and Ceylon ; outside India it extends as far 

 west as Afghanistan and as far east as China. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Specimens have been living since 1882. 



(293) THE PINK-HEADED DUCK. 

 (RHODONESSA CARYOPHYLLACEA-(ZA) ) 



Hin di — La Isira. Bengali — Sakn a I. 



The colouring of the plumage in both sexes differs much in 

 different individuals, irrespective of season. 



Hab. — India. Mr. Hume considers Behar and the rest of Bengal 

 north of the G anges and west of the Brahmaputra as its head-quarters ; 

 he includes the Nepal and Oudh Terai, the central and eastern portions 

 of Oudh, the Benares Division of the North-Western Provinces, the 

 whole of the rest of Bengal, Assam, and Manipur, and the East Coast 

 littoral as far south as Madras, within its normal range, throughout 

 which it is, except in certain isolated localities, very rare. Specimens 

 exhibited in the garden have mostly been obtained from Purneah 

 and Bhagulpore. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 About six years. 



