KED-CRESTED POCHARD. 407 



A NSERES. A NA TIB.£. 



FULIGULA EUFINA (PallaS*). 



THE RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



Fuligula rufina. 



FuLiGULA, Stephens f. — 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 FuUgulindi or Diving Ducks form a tolerably natural 

 sub-family of the Anatidce. The species 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 



* Anas rufina, Pallas, Reise, ii. App. p. 713 (1773). 

 t Shaw's (ien. Zool. xii. pt. ii. p. 187 (1824). 



