RED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 



NATAWEES. 



ANATIDJE. 



THE RED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 



FuUgula riifina, Red-crested Pochard, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 350. 



,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 240. 



Mergoides ,, ,, ,, ,, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 77. 



FuUgula „ ,, .. Buck, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



Anas ,, Canard Sijieur Hupp£, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 864. 



FuLiGULA. Generic Characters. — 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 rathei 

 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 de- 

 pending membrane. 



I HAVE followed the example of several modem zoologists 

 in adopting tlie generic term FuHgula, for an extensive series 

 of oceanic Ducks, the general characters and habits of which 



