. Game, shore, and water birds of India . gat, Tarkand. 6 24^ to 27; 3 to 4± lbs. $ 21| to 24; 2 to 3£ lbs. Legsblack. Bill black. Neck yellow, with black collar. Upper tail green-black.—Female smaller and no collar. 955. Casarca scutulata. The White-winged Shelldrake. Scutulata = diamond or lozenge-shaped, chequered. 6 28. Legs black. Bill yellow. Head and neck mottled blackand white. Above black-brown. Breast black. (Hume puts thesewith Anas, H. & M. iii. 147.) Genus TADOENA. Tadorna, an Italian word, which seems first to occur in Belon, 1585, as the Latinizedname of a hird. Bill short, high
. Game, shore, and water birds of India . gat, Tarkand. 6 24^ to 27; 3 to 4± lbs. $ 21| to 24; 2 to 3£ lbs. Legsblack. Bill black. Neck yellow, with black collar. Upper tail green-black.—Female smaller and no collar. 955. Casarca scutulata. The White-winged Shelldrake. Scutulata = diamond or lozenge-shaped, chequered. 6 28. Legs black. Bill yellow. Head and neck mottled blackand white. Above black-brown. Breast black. (Hume puts thesewith Anas, H. & M. iii. 147.) Genus TADOENA. Tadorna, an Italian word, which seems first to occur in Belon, 1585, as the Latinizedname of a hird. Bill short, high, swelling at base, and concave in middle. Tip flatand turning up. Nail hooked. 956. Tadorna cornuta. The Burrow Duck or CommonShelldrake. Cornuta = horned ; from cvmu = a horn. Shah-chakwa, Upper India; Niraji, Smd; Shah moorghabi, Cahul. 6 23 to 25; 3 lbs. $ 21 to 22; 2 lbs. Legs red. Bill red,tip black. Brown breast-band, uniting on back. Mesial black line.—Female : Lower plumage white, mottled brown ; no band. i no ANATIDd*.
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