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extremity with black. Wing patch green tij^ped below with 

 black. Upper parts vermiculated with grey. The eclipse 

 plumage of the drake somewhat resembles the sober brown 

 and reddish mottling of the adult duck, but the whole of the 

 head and upper parts are suffused with a rich chestnut. Bill 

 lead blue. 



314. Red-crested Pochard. Netta rufina (Pallas). 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



Probably an annual visitor during the winter months to 

 Lower and Upper Egypt, but in very much smaller numbers 

 than the common pochard. 



Length about 22 inches. The male in full plumage has the 

 head and upper neck rich brick red with a yellowish wash on the 

 sides. Middle and lower neck, breast, and abdomen black ; 

 flanks white tinged with salmon or rose pink (which quickly 

 disappears after death) ; mantle yellowish brown ; wing bar 

 white tinged with rose pink ; tail ashy brown ; bill scarlet ; 

 legs and toes vermilion. 



The femal-e is brown above, with grey cheeks and huffish 

 white under parts, and has no crest, which, in the male, is usually 

 carried erected. 



315. Pochard. Fuligula ferina (Linnaeus). 



Fuligula ferina. Shelley, p. 289. 



Common during the winter months on the Nile and in 

 suitable lakes and sheets of water. 



Length about 20 inches. The adult male in full plumage 

 has the head and neck red ; breast and upper back black ; 

 mantle vermiculated with white and black ; under parts greyish 

 white ; tail coverts black ; iris red ; bill black with a grey blue 

 band across the middle ; legs bluish grey. 



The female has the head, neck, and breast dull brown ; 

 chin white ; upper parts bro^vnish grey. 



316. Tufted Duck. Fuligula cristata (Leach). 



Fuligula cristata. Shelley, p. 290. 



Abundant in suitable localities throughout the winter, 

 usually or often consorting with the pochard. 



Length about 17 inches. Male, head, neck, and upper 

 breast black glossed with bluish purple ; a tuft-like crest on 



