115. THE RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



Netta rufifia, (Pallas). 



Outer primaries with the outer web 

 much darker than the inner ; inner 

 primaries with both webs of the 

 same white or pale grey colour as 

 the speculum ; all tipped dusky. 



Axillaries white. 



Bill partially or entirely red, narrower 

 near the tip than at the base. 



Head fully crested. 



MALE : — Lower plumage, from the lower 

 neck to the tail, dark glossy brown ; 

 sides of the body largely white. 



FEMALE : — Lower plumage, from the bill 

 to the tail, uniform dull white or pale 

 grey ; sides of the body brown. 



Vernacular Names : — Lall-chonch, Lall- 

 sir, Hind. ; Rattoba, Ratoha, Sind ; 

 Doomer, male, Su7iwa, female, Nepal ; 

 Hero-hans, male, Chobra-hans, female, 

 Beng. 



The Red-crested Pochard is a winter 

 visitor to a large portion of the Indian 

 Empire. In the northern half of the 



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