At the latter locality this species was occupying a large tree along with
H. {/arzetta, and E . egrettoides. I t is very common in the Sanda valley, but I did
not observe it at Momien.
Family— P L 0TID2E.
Genus P l o t t j s , Linn.
226. P lottjs m e l a n o g a s t e b , Forster.
Anhinga melanogaster, Forst., Ind. Zool., p. 22, pi. xii, 1781.
P lotus melanogaster, Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 580, 1788; Lath., Ind. Omith., vol. ii, p. 865, 1790;
Horsf., Tr. Zool. Soc., vol. xiii, p. 198, 1821; Raffles, t. c., p. 830; Gray, List, Or alia, &c.,
B. M., p. 181, 1846; id., Gen. B., iii, p. 66, 1848; Blyth, Cat. B., Mus. As. Soc., Bengal,
p. 299, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. ii, p. 181,.1855 ; Schl., M. P.-B., Pelecani, p. 26, 1863; Jerdon,
. B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 865, 1864; Gray, Handl. B., vol. iii, p. 125, 1871 ; Walden, Tr. Zool.
Soc., vol. viii, p. 106, 1872; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1878, p. 289; Adam., t. c., p. 408; Ball,
Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 440; Home, t. c., p. 484; Salvad., Ucc. Born., p. 367, 1874; Hume,
Nests and Eggs, Ind. B.,p. 661, 1874; id., Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 194; Blyth & Walden!
Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, ex. No., p. 165, 1875 ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc., vol. ix, p. 247
1875; Butler & Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 84, 35 ; Fairbank, t. c;, p. 264; Hartl.,
Ibis, 1877, p. 885 ; Oates, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 170.
Plotus novee-hollandia, Gould, Proe. Zool. Soc., 1847, p. 84; id., B. Austr., vii, pi. lxxv, 1848 •
Gray, Gen. B., vol. iii, p. 664, pi. 184, 1848; Bonap., Consp. Av., t. ii, p. 181, 1855; Gould,
Handb. B., Austr., vol. ii, p. 496, 1865; Pelzi, Reis. Nov. Yog., p. 156, 1865; Gray, Handl!
B., vol. iii, p. 125, 1871.
a. Bhamo, 6th February 1868.
In February I observed a large flock of this bird roosting on a high tree
overlooking the Irawady. At other times I observed many isolated birds.
Family—ANA TID2E.
Genus A n s e e , Linn.
227. A n s e e in d ic u s , Lath.
Barred-headed Goose, Lath., Gen. Syn. Suppl., p. 277, 1787.
Anasindica, Lath., Ind. Om., vol. ii, p. 839, 1790.
Anser wululatus, Bonn. et. Vieill., Enc. M€th.,t. iii, p. 114, 18,28.
Anser indicus, Steph. Gen. Zool., vol. xii, pi. ii, p. 86, 1824; Gould, Cent. Hiinal. B., pi. Ixxx,
1832; Eyton, Monogr. Anat., p. 90, 1838; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 782, 1864; Schl.,
Mus. P.-B. Anseres, p. 114, 1866; Gray, Handl. B.> vol. iii, p. 75, 1871; Hume, Stray
Feathers, 1873, p. 260; Adam., t.c., p. 401; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 686, 1878;
Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 27, 40 ; id., p. 499; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 419.
Anser shomiahovi, SevertzofE, Turkest. Jevotn., 1873, p. 419.
Euldbeia indicus, Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 436.
a. Z Tsitkaw, March 1868.
Occasionally large flocks of this bird were observed at various parts of the
Irawady above Mandalay, and on the sand banks in the Tapeng and on the old rice
flats behind the village.
Genus A n a s , Linn.
228. A n a s pc e c il o b h y n c h a , Forster.
Anas padlorhyncha, Forst., Indisehe Zool, p. 28, pi. xiii, 1781; Eyton, Monogr. Anat., p. 138,
1838; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 804, 1849; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 799,
1868; Schl., Mus. P.-B. Anseres, p. 43, 1866; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 479;
Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 261; Adam., t. cit., p. 402; Hume, Nests and, Eggs, Ind.
B., p. 648, 1878; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, ex. No., p. 165,
1875.
Spotted-billed JDuch, Lath., Gen. Syn., vol. iii, pt. 2, p. 487, 1785.
Anaspcekilorhgncha, Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 535, 1788, ex La th .; Gray, Handl. B., vol. iii, p.
82, 1871.
Mareca pcecilorhyncha, Steph. Gen. Zool., vol. xii, p. 134, 1824.
a. S Bham8,20th February 1868.
b. Z Tamilone, Tapeng river, 4th February 1875.
This duck does not appear to be uncommon in Upper Burma, but it is not so
numerous as in the North-West Provinces of India.
Genus T a d o e n a , Leach.
2 2 9 . T a d o e n a CASAECA, L i n n .
Anas casarca, Linn., Syst. Nat., t . iii, App. p. 224, 1768.
Anas rutila, Pall., N. Comm. Petrop., t. xiv, p. 579, 1770; Temm. Man., t. iii, p. 832, 1822;
Werner, Atlas, Palvmpides, pi. xxx, 1827 ; Nordm., in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid., p. 286,1840 ;
Naum., Yog. Deutschl., pi. 299, 1842; Yarr., Brit. B., vol. iii,.p. 137, 1843; Kjcerb. Om!
Dar., pi. xlviii, 1854 ; Sund., Sv. Fogl., pi. Ixxxiii, fig. 1, 1856; Radde, Reis. Sibir., p. 861,
1863 ; SevertzofE, Turkest. Jevotn., 1873, p. 70 ; Palme'n, Journ. für Ornith., 1876, p. 56.
Anas casarca, Gm., Reise., t. ii, p. 182, 1774; Savign., Descr. de FEgypte, pi. x, fig. 2 ; Schl.,
Mus. P.-B. Anseres, p. 66, 1866.
Anser casarca, Vieill., N . Diet. d’Hist. Nat., v-gm, p. 841, 1818.
P oiana rutila, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563 ; Gould, B. Eur., v, pi. 858, 1887 ; Shelley, B. E g y p t
p. 282, 1872 ; Harting, Handb., Brit. B , p. 157, 1878 ; Gray, B. West Scot!., pi SM, 1873 ;
Irby, Om. Gibr., p. 197, 1875 : Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p , 419.
Cataria rutila, Bonap., Comp. List. B. Eur. & N. Am., p. 66, 1838; Eyton, Monogr. Anat.,
p. 106, 1888; Blyth, Cat. B., Mus. As. Soc., Bengal, p. 803, 1849; Satrin, Ibis, 1859,
p. 862; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 791, 1864; Loche, Expl. Sid. Alger., t; ii, p. 866, 1867;
lay a rd , B. S. Air., p. 850, 1867 ; Fritsch., Vög. Eur., pi. xlvii, fig. 9, 1878; Gray, Handl.
B„ vol. iii, p. 80, 1871 ; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 418 ; Salvad., Faun. ItaL Ucc.,
p. 256, 1872 ; Hengl., Om. N . O. Afr., p. 1806, 1874 ; Hnffle, Stray Feathers, 1878, pi 26%-;
Adam., t. a., p. 401; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 487; Home, Stray Feathers, 1875,
p. 198 ; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No*t|). 165, 1876 ; Oates
& Butler, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 284; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, p.-2'8; Scully, t. e„
p. 198 ; Fairbank, t. c., p. 264.
Vulpanser rutila, Keys. & Blas., Wirb. Eur., p. 84, 1840.