IIED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



ANSEJtES. 



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 ANATID^. 







FULIGULA RUFINA (PallaS*). 



THE RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



Fuligula rvfina. 



FuLiGULA, StefjliensA. — Bill not longer than the head, but slightly elevated 

 at the base, depressed towards the tip ; sides parallel ; both mandibles laminated, 

 lateral edges of the upper mandible enclosing the edges of the under one. 

 Nostrils at a short distance from the base. Wings rather short, pointed. Legs 

 with the middle and outer toes longer than the tarsus, which is flattened 

 laterally ; feet large, webbed, the hind toe with a broad depending membrane. 



The FuliguUna; or Diving Ducks form a tolerably natural 

 sub-family of the Anatidcc. The S2')ecies composing it are 

 distinguished by having the hind toe furnished with a 

 conspicuous membranous lobe ; they are stouter in build, 

 with proportionately large heads and short necks ; some of 



* Amt-'i rujina, Pallas, Reise, ii. App. p. 713 (1773). 

 + Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii. pt. ii. p. 187 (18-24). 



