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THE MARBLED DUCK. 
Marmaronetta angustirostris . 
Habitat ,—A cold weather visitor to Northern India. 
Description. —Male - whole of the upper plumage, silver-grey, with tail a 
silvery brown-grey and wings silver-grey. The head and neck are buff in tint, 
with a dark: brown eye patch ; chin, throat and neck, almost white; breast, 
white, with greyish brown, and the same on the sides ; axillaries, white; 
under-tail coverts, barred across. Female—differs from the male in being 
smaller and duller in plumage, with a smaller crest and a less pronounced 
eye-patch. Male—Length, 18 inches; wing, 8£ inches ; tail, 3£ inches. 
Female—Length, 16 inches; wing, 7| inches; tail, 3 inches. Bill, bluish grey 
with a black tip. Irides, brown ; legs, greenish grey, with black webs ; weight 
up to li lbs. 
THE PINK-HEADED DUCK. 
Rhodonesaa caryophyllacea. Native names : Lai sir, Golab sir , Hind.; 
Doomrar , Nepal, Terai and Tirhoot; Saknal , Beng. 
Habitat. —M. P., Nepal, Tirhoot, Bengal, Assam and Orissa. 
