ANSERRS— ANATini: 233 



9 "moUissim.i" by fcathcrins:,^ on bill ; bill also somewhat redder ; 

 plinnai;c in winter deeper chestnut. \\'in<,' c^ 272-292, 9 245-2.S2. 

 Tarsus 43-47. l>ill 30-36. 



Bnrds. — Spitzbergen, Kolguev, Nova Zembla, \Vaij,'atz, 

 Siberian and Arctic American Coasts, Greenland ; occurs at all 

 seasons, non-breeding, l>ear Island, Jan Mayen, Iceland ; in 

 winter rare or occasional on N. and W. European Coasts from 

 N. Russia to 15ritain, France, Italy. 



OXYURA. 



Tarsus short, feet large ; tail feathers 18, stiff and pointed ; 

 hill swollen at base, concave above in middle : frequent 

 inland w^aters ; eggs rough shelled. 



Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli). White-headed Duck. 

 Ger. Ruderente ; Ita/. Goljbo rugginoso. 



^ Above huffy brown, freckled rufous ; upper tail coverts 

 chestnut; head and chin white; centre of crown, throat and collar 

 black ; beneath brown, buff tipped, glossy chestnut on breast. Bill 

 blue. Legs and feet grey brown, webs black. 9 Head brown, 

 infra-ocular stripe and throat white freckled brown, no black collar. 

 Wing $ 158-165, $ 150-160. Tarsus 34-36. Bill 44-46. 



Breeds. — Spain, N.W. Africa, Lower Egypt, Corsica, Sardinia, 

 S. Italy, Sicily, Hungary (local, rare), Germany (rare), Transyl- 

 vania, Lower Danube, Black Sea, S. Russia north to 50^ ; Asia 

 Minor, Palestine, and in W. Asia. Partly migratory ; occurs 

 Persia and Baluchistan in winter; rare in Central and W. Europe. 



Mergus 



Bill long, narrow, with saw-like sharp teeth in both 

 mandibles; frequent shores and inland waters; nest in hollow 

 trees or on ground under rocks ; eggs pale cream or greenish 

 grey ; feed on fish caught by diving. 



Mergus merganser merganser L. Goosander. /•>. 

 Grand Ilarle ; Gcr. (Jansesager ; /A//. Smergo maggiore ; S'lL'cd. 

 Storskrake. 



^ Head (crested) and neck green ; upper back black, lower 



