20. THE TUFTED SCAUP DUCK. 



Fiiligula fiiHgulciy (LiNN^us). 



Outer primaries with the outer web 

 much darker than the inner; inner 

 primaries with the outer web white, 

 or much paler than the inner. 



Axillaries white, or white mottled with 

 brown at the tips. 



With a pointed crest of narrow feathers, 

 varying from one to two and a half 

 inches in length. 



Tip of the upper mandible, as well as 

 the nail, black. 



MALE :- Head glossy black ; sides of the 

 body white. 



FEMALE: — Head brown, with a whitish 

 patch on either side of the base of the 

 upper mandible, and with indications of 

 similar patches on the forehead and 

 chin ; sides of the body brown. 



Vernacular Names: — Bubaru, Ablac, 

 Rahwara, Hind. ; Turando, Sind ; 

 Malac, Nepal Terai ; Nella chilluwa, 

 Telugu; Neer-bathoo, Tamil; Neer-Kolee, 

 Canarese. 



The Tufted Scaup Duck is found as a 

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