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RED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 



RED-CRESTED DUCK. RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



PLATE CXCV. FIG. I. 



Anas rujina, .... Temminck. 

 Fuligula rujina, .... Gould. Selby. 

 Mercjoides rujina, . . ■ Eyton. 



The nest of tliis bird may be termed a bed of rushes. 



The eggs are stated to be six or seven in number, and 

 of an uniform olive brown colour. 



"The young are able to fly about the beginning of 

 July; the female is much attached to her young, but 

 the male leaves the nursery as soon as the female begins 



to sit." 



The figure on the plate is taken from a specimen 

 of the G^^ of this bird, obligingly forwarded for the 

 use of the present work, by the Rev. H. B. Tristram, 

 Perpetual Curate of Castle Eden, Durham. 



