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The search for the pink-headed duck

by Rory Nugent

An account of an expedition through India in search of the rare pink-headed duck. The journey traverses Calcutta, Sikkim, and Darjeeling, including the first recorded paddling of the Brahmaputra river from Burma to Bangladesh.

Accession 26363 ISBN 0395505526 Publisher Houghton Mifflin
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