. A natural history of the ducks . pink. Irides fine orange red todeep orange red; legs and feet blackish, with a tinge of red (Jerdon), or reddish slate (Shillingford). Length 609 mm.; wing 267; tail 108; culmen 53; tarsus 40 (Salvadori). Weight about 2 pounds ( kilograms); maximum 2 pounds, 3 ounces ( kilogram). Adult Female: Similar to male, but duller and paler and more smoky brown. The head is not sopink but the pink area runs all over the chin and throat. The colors of the soft parts all seem to beduller than in the male, and Shillingford gives the bill as pinkish brown, with the b
. A natural history of the ducks . pink. Irides fine orange red todeep orange red; legs and feet blackish, with a tinge of red (Jerdon), or reddish slate (Shillingford). Length 609 mm.; wing 267; tail 108; culmen 53; tarsus 40 (Salvadori). Weight about 2 pounds ( kilograms); maximum 2 pounds, 3 ounces ( kilogram). Adult Female: Similar to male, but duller and paler and more smoky brown. The head is not sopink but the pink area runs all over the chin and throat. The colors of the soft parts all seem to beduller than in the male, and Shillingford gives the bill as pinkish brown, with the base dull white;irides dull orange; tarsus, toes, webs and nails purplish slate. Size as in the male. Young: Head and neck pale rose-white, with the top of the head, nape, and hind neck brown, thewhole plumage lighter brown, the under parts pale dull brown with a streaked appearance and theedges of the feathers lighter than in the center. There may be little or no pink tinge on the head. Young in Down: Undescribed. Ill h< -J OQ Q HI a< Ii z PINK-HEADED DUCK 91 DISTRIBUTION With the exception of a very restricted area on the Ganges, this species appears to be everywhererare. The area referred to, which all writers agree is its chief habitat, is located north of the Gangesand west of the Brahmaputra, and includes Purneah, Maldah, Purnlia, Bhagalpur and Ganges andTirhoot. In this region the species is common (Hume and Marshall, 1879; Baker, 1908; Brahmapu-Simson, 1884; Blanford, 1898; Finn, 1909; etc.). Eastward it is found rarely throughout *rathe rest of Bengal, and throughout the valley of the Brahmaputra as far as Sadiya (Hume and Mar-shall, 1879). The British Museum has specimens taken by Pemberton in Bhutan. Hume has re-corded it from Manipur and Sylhet, but there is no evidence of its presence in Cachar, or Chittagong. Blyth (1875) states that it is found in Arakan, but this state-ment has never been proved by later investigators. The same is true of Bly
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