no AYTHYA RUFINA. 



coverts blackish-brown ; the sides of" the body white, partly 

 undulated with dusky lines. An oblong spot on the sides 

 of the back anteriorly, the margin of the wing at the carpal 

 joint, and the outer webs of the secondary quills white ; the 

 primary quills and tail-feathers greyish- brown. 



Length to end of tail 22 inches ; bill along the ridge 2^ ; 

 wing from flexure 10|^; tarsus 1^^ ; middle toe 2^, its 

 claw -^. 



Female. — According to M. Temminck, " the female has 

 the top of the head, the occiput, and the nape deep brown ; 

 the crest less tufted; the cheeks, throat, and sides of the 

 neck greyish-brown ; the breast and sides yellow ish-brown ; 

 the breast and abdomen grey ; the back, wings, and tail 

 brown, slightly tinged with ochre-yellow. There is no white 

 spot on the sides of the back ; the speculum is one half 

 greyish-white, the other light brown ; the base of the quills 

 white, shaded with brown. The bill, tarsi, and toes reddish- 

 brown." 



Habits. — The Red-crested Pochard is said to inhabit the 

 eastern parts of the north of Europe ; to be found in Austria, 

 Hungary, Turkey, the countries about the Caspian Sea, 

 Switzerland, Provence, Genoa, Italy, Northern Africa, and 

 India. Its range of migration does not ordinarily extend so 

 far westward as Britain ; and it had not been recorded as 

 occurring there until Mr. Yarrell noticed it in the second 

 volume of the Zoological Journal, p. 492, as an occasional 

 visitant, a male having been shot near Boston, while feeding 

 on fresh water along with some Wigeons. A few other indi- 

 viduals have been obtained. Several occurred the same 

 winter in the London markets. One was subsequently 

 killed at Yarmouth, and a female, out of a flock of eighteen, 

 on the Thames. 



Remaeks. — The above account is entirely compiled, 

 chiefly from Yarrell and Temminck, the bird never having 

 come under my notice, unless in Museums, and there being 

 no specimen in my collection. 



