107. THE FALCATED DUCK. 



Eunetta fakata, (Georgi). 



Outer web of the primaries blackish ; 

 inner web drab, with a blackish tip. 



Axillaries pure white. 



Upper wing-coverts grey, turning to 

 whitish and forming a very broad, 

 pale band above the speculum ; tips 

 of the greater coverts usually tinged 

 with buff. 



Speculum black, tinged with bluish 

 green, and becoming entirely of a 

 deep bluish green on the two inner- 

 most feathers of the speculum, 



MALE :— Head brilliant chestnut and green ; 

 under tail-coverts black; a white spot 

 on the forehead, 



FEMALE :— Head and under tail-coverts 

 black, streaked with fulvous. 



Vernacular Names : — Kala St7tkhur, 

 Oudh. 



The Falcated Duck has been so often 

 met with in India that it cannot be con- 

 sidered at all rare. No doubt the females 



