170 OCEAN BIRDS. 



No. 165. RUDDY DUCK. 



Genus: Erismatura. Species: E. rubida. 



Distribution: 



An autumn transient visitor. 



Date of Arrival: 

 March. 



Date of Departure: 



October and November. 



General Plumage: 



J\lale, upper parts blackish and chestnut, crown black, 

 cheeks and upper throat white, under parts white, throat 

 cliestnut. Female and immature, upper parts brownish, 

 buff" marked ; under parts white, cheeks and throat grayish. 

 Bill and feet dusky. Length about 15.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



Various quacks and notes. 



Haunts: 



Alonj; the coast. 



