226 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



Iris brown. Wing <^ 174-192, ^ 176-185. Tarsus 29-31. Bill 

 c^ 40-43, ? 36-40 (W.). 



Breeds. — N.W. Africa, S. Europe from wSpain and Portugal 

 through S. France (Camargue), Italy, Sicily, Montenegro, Bulgaria, 

 Danube mouth, Hungary, E. Germany and Poland to S, Russia, 

 north to about 55' ; a few in Holland ; also in W. Asia to N.W. 

 India. Occurs in winter in Mediterranean Basin, Egypt, and 

 Africa south to tropics, also S. Asia. Rare visitor to Britain, 

 Denmark and Baltic Provinces. 



1/ Nyroca fuligula (L.). Tufted Duck. Fr, Morillon ; 



Ger. Reiherente ; Ital. Moretta ; Swed. Vigg. 



$ Above black with greenish tinge, head with a tuft glossed 

 purple ; wings dull oily green, speculum white tipped black ; 

 upper breast black, lower breast and abdomen white (in some 

 mottled brown). Bill slaty blue, nail black. Legs and feet 

 plumbeous. Iris golden yellow. Wing ^ 197-206, ^ 192-202. 

 Tarsus 35-38. Bill 37-40. '^l Brown with slight green gloss, 

 base of bill white and white spot on chin, breast and abdomen 

 with white tips, under tail coverts mottled white ; tuft on head 

 brown black, shorter than in $ . Bill slate grey, nail black. 

 Legs and feet light greenish grey. 



Breeds. — Iceland (rare), Faroes, British Isles, N. Europe 

 south to Holland in west, about 50" in Germany and 48" in 

 Russia, also Rumania and N. Balkan Peninsula and widely in 

 N. Asia. Partly migratory ; occurs in winter in C. and S. 

 Europe, Mediterranean Islands, N.W. Africa, Egypt, and in E. 

 Africa south to Uganda, also S. Asia. 



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Nyroca marila marila (L.). Scaup Duck. Fr. Canard 

 milouinan ; Ger. Bergente ; I/a/. Moretta grigia ; Szued. Bergand. 



^ Head and upper neck dark green, fore part of body black, 

 breast and abdomen white, scapulars and back vermiculated 

 black and white ; secondaries oily green, speculum white. 

 5 Above brown, with some white vermiculations ; secondaries 

 glossed green ; head and neck reddish brown, fore part of face 

 and chin white, throat and breast reddish brown with white tips, 

 lower breast white, abdomen brown mottled white. Bill, legs and 

 feet lead blue in (^, duller in $. Iris golden yellow. Wing ^ 

 215-237, ? 208-225. Tarsus 38-41. Bill $ 43-47, ? 43-44. 



