. The Indian ducks and their allies . thenostrils, and the bases of both mandibles very pale yellowish-green or greenish-white. In the adult bird the bill has the terminal half black, the base andmargins of the maxilla yellow; legs, toes, and webs black ; iiides deep bazel. For very many the only occurrence of this Swan in India wasthat recorded by Hodgson. Of this specimen a drawing was made byHodgson, and the head and Ieet arc in the British Museum, labelledC. bewicki. The latter have been carefully examined by Blanford andother authorities, and are now definitely accepted as being th
. The Indian ducks and their allies . thenostrils, and the bases of both mandibles very pale yellowish-green or greenish-white. In the adult bird the bill has the terminal half black, the base andmargins of the maxilla yellow; legs, toes, and webs black ; iiides deep bazel. For very many the only occurrence of this Swan in India wasthat recorded by Hodgson. Of this specimen a drawing was made byHodgson, and the head and Ieet arc in the British Museum, labelledC. bewicki. The latter have been carefully examined by Blanford andother authorities, and are now definitely accepted as being those of C>j(j)iiismusicus, and C. heivicki has tlierefore been expunged from our Indianfauna. Since my article was written for tlie Journal of the B. T^. H. S. tlierehave been two more instances of the W hoojjer being obtained in first was obtained by General W. Osborn on the (Jth January, 1900,on the River Beas in the Hushiapur district of the Punjab, and itsoccurrence was reported in tlie Asian as follows :— Plate
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