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. Game, shore, and water birds of India . l or Grey Duck. Streperus = noisy. Mila, India; Beykhur, N. W. P.; Mail, Nepal; Burd, Sind; Syah-dum, Cabul. S 20 to 2U; H to 2 lbs. ? 18 to 20; 1 to If lbs. Backbrown, with crescent lines. Wing-coverts chestnut. Speculum whiteand black.—Female brown, edged buff. Bill pale, with red mai*gins. Genus long, with central tail elongated. Lamellae not projecting. 962. Dafila acuta. The Pin-tailed Duck. Acuta = sharp, pointed; from acuo = I sharpen. Sinkpar, .V. W. P.; Dighons, Bengal; Laitunga, Manvpur; Taw-boy, Burmah ;Digoonch, Nepal; Kokarali,
. Game, shore, and water birds of India . l or Grey Duck. Streperus = noisy. Mila, India; Beykhur, N. W. P.; Mail, Nepal; Burd, Sind; Syah-dum, Cabul. S 20 to 2U; H to 2 lbs. ? 18 to 20; 1 to If lbs. Backbrown, with crescent lines. Wing-coverts chestnut. Speculum whiteand black.—Female brown, edged buff. Bill pale, with red mai*gins. Genus long, with central tail elongated. Lamellae not projecting. 962. Dafila acuta. The Pin-tailed Duck. Acuta = sharp, pointed; from acuo = I sharpen. Sinkpar, .V. W. P.; Dighons, Bengal; Laitunga, Manvpur; Taw-boy, Burmah ;Digoonch, Nepal; Kokarali, Drighush, Sind; Sink-dum, Cabul; Chasugshu-aurdah, Yarkand. e-dula Orasiliensis). Bill raised at base, narrowing. Lamellae project in centre. Shorttail cuneate. 116 anatim:.. MARECA. 117 963. Mareca penelope. The Wigeon or Whew. Penelope] nrjveXo^ = a kind of Duck with purple stripes, in classical Greek, whichwas said to have fed Penelope (subsequently the wife of Ulysses) after her parents hadthrown her into the sea. Pea-san, Patari, N. W. P.; Cheyun, Nepal; Parow, Sind; Ade, Eatnagiri. 3 19 to 19i; 1± to H lbs. ? 18 to 19; 1£ to If lbs. Legs
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