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than they had at first appeared in the 

 water." 



The eggs of this Duck, of which there 

 is a large series in the British Museum 

 from Spain, Algeria, the Dobrudscha and 

 Southern Russia, are well described by 

 Canon I'ristram in his note, above quoted. 

 I have only to add that many of the eggs 

 have a very pale tinge of green. They 

 are out of all proportion to the size of 

 the bird, and measure from 2 '6 to 2*8 in 

 length, and from i"95 to 2*05 in breadth. 

 Most of the eggs are truly elliptical, but 

 a few are slightly pointed at one end. 



The perfectly adult male has the crown 

 of the head black. With this exception, 

 the whole head is white, followed by a 

 broad black collar which covers nearly 

 the whole neck. The upper part of the 

 breast, its sides, and the whole of the sides 

 of the body are closely cross-barred with 

 rich chestnut-brown and black. The 

 lower breast and the abdomen are brown, 

 each feather broadly tipped with satin- 

 white or very pale grey. These tips fail 

 to conceal the main brown portion of 

 the feathers, and the lower plumage presents 

 the appearance of being barred, in a very 

 irregular manner, with brown and grey. 

 The under tail-coverts are pale fulvous. 



