THE WHITE-WINGED DUCK 



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the tip. Legs and toes grey, the webs black bordered with grey. Eye, 

 white. Length of the wing, 8.5 in.; of the tarsus, 1.5 in. New Guinea, 

 Australia, Tasmania, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. 



The white-winged duclv breeds round the margins of the lakes 

 of the lower Waikato. Formerly, it was very abundant on Lake 

 Rotomahana, but almost the whole flock seems to have been 



\Miite winged Duck 



iFrom n Drauiiiii in Hu- Ch. Ch. Miis.) 



destroyed by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. It sits 

 all day on the water in the middle of the lake, and is very difficult 

 to approach. The white on the wing is very conspicuous when 

 flying. It is an excellent diver, and gets much of its food below 

 the surface of the water. 



Genus FuUguJa. 



Bill somewhat broader near the tip than at the base, rather 

 broad and short and rounded at the tip. Northern Hemisphere 

 .and New Zealand. 



