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Comb
Duck |
Sarkidiornis
melanotos |
| Possible
regional races (polytypic)
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-S.
m. melanotos |
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| Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos |
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This
Goose is very common in Central and Western India, less so in the
extreme south, and is very rare in Lower Bengal. It is generally seen
in small parties from four to ten, but occasionally in flocks of above
hundred: it chiefly frequents grassy tanks, and is not infrequently
seen in paddy fields. During the rains, it wanders about a good deal,
and may often be seen feeding in very small tanks, or even in temporary
pools of water. It breeds in this country in July or August, in grass
by the sides of tanks, laying six to eight whitish eggs.
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