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FULIGULA NYROCA. THE FERRUGINOUS 

 SCAUP-DUCK. 



FERRUGINOUS DUCK. RED DUCK. CASTANEOUS DUCK. WHITE-EYED DUCK. 

 NYROCA DUCK. AFRICAN TEAL. NYROCA POCHARD. 



Anas Nyroca. Gmol. Syst. Nat. I. 542. 

 Anas Nyroca. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 869. 

 Anas leucophthalmos. Bechst. Naturg. Deut. IV. 1009. 

 Anas leucophthalmos. Temm. Man. d'Ornith. II. 876. 

 Nyroca leucophthalmos. Flem. Brit. Anim. 121. 

 Fuligula Nyroca. Selb. Illustr. Brit. Ornith. II. 354. 

 Fuligula Nyroca. Nyroca Pochard. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 242. 

 Nyroca leucophthalma. Bonap. Comp. List, 58. 



Male sixteen inches long, ivitli the bill dusky-blue ; the 

 unguis black; the head, neck, fore part of breast, and sides 

 chestnut-red; the 7ieck with an obscure brown ring; upper 

 parts blackish-brown, glossed tvith green; secondary quills 

 ivhite, with a terminal black band; loiver parts white. Female 

 with the head, neck, fore part of the breast, and sides reddish- 

 broivn ; upper parts dusky, the feathers edged ivith paler; 

 lower parts ivhite ; icings as in the male. 



Male. — The Ferruginous or White-eyed Pochard resem- 

 bles the Common or Red-headed Pochard in general aspect ; 

 but is much smaller, and differently coloured. The bill is 

 rather shorter than the head, higher than broad at the base, 

 gradually depressed toward the tip, which is rounded, the 

 unguis oblong and convex. The feet, wings, and tail are 

 nearly as in the other species. 



The bill is dusky-blue, with the unguis black ; the feet 

 bluish-black, the interdigital membranes darker. '' The 

 irides white." The head and neck all round, the fore part 

 of the breast, and the sides chestnut-red ; a white spot on 



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