220 Catalogue of the Birds [Oct, 



Genus ANAS, L. 

 Sub Genus CHAULIODUS, Sw. 



381. — C. strepera, Sw.^ Anas sirepera, L.— The GadwalL 



Not so numerous as the last, but by no means rare— only found in the 

 cold season. 



Trides brown ; bill blackish, reddish at the sides and lower mandible ; 

 legs and feet ochrey yellow. 



Sub Genus ANAS. 



382. — A. clypeata, L. — Tredaree^ \\.—S1ioveler. 



Common over all India, in flocks during. the cold weather. 

 Irides yellow ; bill black; legs orange ; bill of female brown, reddish 

 beneath. 



Su3 Genus BOSCHAS, Sw. 



383. — J5. circia.—A, circia, L. — Gai^ganey Teal, 



Common throughout the cold weather, being one of the first to aiTivr- 

 in the country, sometimes before the end of September, 

 Irides brown ; bill black ; legs greenish plumbeous. 



381. — B. crecca^ Sw. — A. crecca^ L.—Cominoji Teal, 

 Common along with the last. 



Sub Genus DAFILA, Leach. 



385. — D. caudacuta. 



Tolerably abundant towards the more northern parts of the Peninsula, 

 rare in the south, found in large flocks. 



Bill plumbeous, with a black line down the centre, also at edges ; 

 legs plumbeous. 



Irides dark brown. 



Genus TADOMA, Leach. 



386. — T. rutila, Steph.— -4. casarca, L.—Soorkhah, H.— also Cliukwa. 

 —Ruddi/ Shieldrake.—Brahmimj Duck of Europeans. 



