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p. 402; Butler, ibid, IV, p. 30 ; V, p. 234; Davids, and Wend., 

 ihid^ VII, p. 93 ; Ball, ibid, p. 232. 



Fuligula nyroca, Hume, " Str. Feath.," VII, p. 493 ; ii^c^, Cat., 

 No. 969 ; Scully, " Str. Feath," VIII, p. 363 ; Hume and Mars., 

 " Game Birds, " III, p. 263 ; Vidal, " Str. Feath," IX, p. 93 ; Hume, 

 ibid, p. 259 ; Butler, ibid, p. 439 ; Reid, ibid, X, p. 84 ; Davidson, 

 ibid, p. 326 ; Taylor, ibid, pp. 528, 531 ; Gates, " Birds of British 

 Burmah," II, p. 287 ; ibid, " Nests and Eggs" (2nd edition). III, 

 p. 292 ; Barnes, " Birds of Bombay," p. 413 ; Hume, " Str. Feath.," 

 XI, p. 347. 



Ntjroca ferniginea. Blanford, " Avifauna of B. India," IV, p. 460. 



Nyroca africana, Salvador!, Cat., " Birds of British Museum," 

 XXVII, p. 345. 



Description : Male. — Whole head, neck and breast rich rufous or 

 bay-brown, the nape somewhat darker, a dark collar of brownish-black 

 round the neck and thence behind to the back the same colour, a 

 small white spot on the chin, whole upper parts dark blackish-brown or 

 dull black, the feathers of the scapulars and upper back more or less 

 vermiculated with rufous, the vermiculations often almost entirely 

 absent ; wings as in N. baeri, but are said, as a rule, to have the white 

 purer. I have, however, specimens of both species quite inseparable 

 in this respect. Lower plumage the same as in N. baeri. Iride 

 white ; bill dull slatey ; legs dull dark slate, tinged either with grey 

 or green ; and sometimes mottled about the joints. 



Length about 17" ; wing 7*1"; tail 3-3" ; tarsus 1*2" ; bill from front 

 1-56", from extreme base 1'96"; width at front '78" and at base '64". 



" Length 16" to 17-1" ; expanse 24-5" to 27-3" ; wing 6'8" to 7*45" ; 

 tail from vent 3'1" to S'S" ; tarsus 1*1" to I'S" ; bill from gape 1-9" to 

 2-1" ; weight 1 lb. 2 ozs. to 1 lb. 9 ozs." 



" The bill is black, bluish-black and dark leaden, often browner 

 below ; the irides white or greyish- white; the legs and toes slate-colour, 

 leaden or dusky-grey ; the tarsi often with a greenish tinge ; the 

 claws and webs dusky to black" (Hume). 



Adult Female, — Similar to the male, but with the whole plumage 

 duller, the head and breast more brown than rufous and ill-defined 

 from the abdomen, which is itself much sullied, except in very old 

 females. 



